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Postgraduate courses
English Literature
Engage with contemporary voices
Discover our English Literature courses here, or find out more at a postgraduate event.
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Explore your ideas by studying everything from novels and poetry to memoir and non-fiction.
Studying English Literature at postgraduate level can lead to career paths including journalism, marketing, arts and heritage, communications, and more.
Courses

English Literature MA
Contemporary literature is full of innovation and diversity. It is constantly evolving to reflect what is happening in the world, helping us to grasp the challenges of the era in which we live. Through the...

Join our community
Our blog, Words Matter, is a collaboration between staff, students and professionals in the world of literature. You will be able to submit prose, poetry and speculative essays. You can find us on Instagram at @wordsmatter_ysj, where we share book recommendations from across our undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Module spotlight: Theorising the Contemporary: Critical Perspectives
Explore what makes 21st century literature unique, and familiarise yourself with key critical developments in 21st century literary studies. Topics may include:
- Contemporaneity and the contemporary
- Ecocriticism and environmental aesthetics
- Spatial politics and the novel
- Literature and economic crisis