Program Overview
This one-year Master's program examines literature's relevance in the 21st century using critical theory and literary narratives. Students explore critical reading, literary history, genre, and English as a world literature, choosing from a wide range of historical and geographical perspectives. The program prepares graduates for careers in teaching, journalism, writing, and other fields requiring personal autonomy, research skills, and effective communication.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This program brings together contemporary critical theory with literary narratives and investigates how and why literature still enjoys particular resonance in the 21st century. The program focuses on four core approaches: critical reading, literary history, genre, and English as a world literature.
Outline:
- Content: We offer an extensive choice of literary studies across a wide historical and geographical range. You can choose from across a broad spectrum, including:
- Medieval literature
- Early modern literature
- 18th- and 19th-century literature
- Modern and contemporary literature
- British, American and Australian literature
- Various aspects of cultural theory
- Structure: You will complete 48 credit points, including:
- a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
- a maximum 24 credit points from elective units of study.
- Course Schedule:
- Duration: 1 year full-time (Available part-time)
- Intake: Check semester start dates
- Location: Camperdown/Darlington University of Sydney
- Study Mode: Face to face This course provides you with the option of pursuing a career as a:
- secondary-level English teacher
- journalist
- writer or literary critic
- various roles in the media, public and community service and academia
Other:
Some students pursue this degree as a prelude to further advanced study, often with a view to an academic career. Others, particularly school teachers, see it as an opportunity for professional enhancement. Meanwhile, other students are motivated primarily by a particular interest in this subject.
