Course summary
The Modern Literature (MA) provides a theoretical framework for literary study before focusing on topic and genre-based modules. Our aim is to explore and understand the cultural developments of the past two hundred years and their impact on writing, first within Britain and then registering the increasing input of other Anglophone literatures.
Modules
Part I (PG Cert, PG Dip & MA) • Critical Theory and Bibliography (30 credits; compulsory) • Shifting Times & Worlds: Modernism & After (30 credits; compulsory Year A) • The Child in the Time: Representation of the Child in Modern Literature (30 credits; compulsory Year B) • Utopias, Dystopias and the Functions of Fictions (30 credits; optional) • Epic, Religion, and Philosophy: Spenser and Milton (30 credits; optional) • Bodily Distempers and Passions of the Mind: Shakespeare and Donne (30 credits; optional) • Celtic Arthur and the Mabinogion (30 credits; optional) • Building Small Worlds: The Short Story in English (30 credits; optional). Part II (MA) • MA Dissertation (Modern Literature) (60 credits; compulsory).
Entry requirements
Applicants are expected to have a good first degree (a first or upper second), although every application is considered in its own merit, so places may be offered on the basis of professional qualification and relevant experiences. Candidates with a lower degree classification or no degree may be admitted at Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma level, with an opportunity to upgrade to Master’s level if satisfactory progress is made.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £7800 | Whole course |
| England | £7800 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £7800 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £7800 | Whole course |
| Wales | £7800 | Whole course |
| Channel Islands | £7800 | Whole course |
| International | £15000 | Whole course |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road
Carmarthen
SA31 3EP