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Literary Studies: English Literature and Culture

Master

English Literature and Culture is a specialisation within the MA Literary Studies.

The specialisation consists of four 10 EC courses or equivalent and the MA thesis (20 EC).

Courses 1 and 2: Any two courses from the list below Course 3: Any course offered within the MA Literary studies (including the list below) Course 4: Any course offered within the MA Literary studies (including the list below), a course on a literary subject taught in another MA, a course offered within the MA Linguistics: English Language and Linguistics, or a course offered via Masterlanguage

Another option, from 2017-18, is a combined programme of Literary Studies/English courses and Linguistics/English courses:

Two courses (20 EC): Literary Studies/English
Two courses (20 EC): MA Linguistics/English
MA thesis Literary Studies (20 EC)

This is especially advised if, after your MA, you intend to apply for the Educational Master.

Courses

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

First semester

Select courses from the list below (30 EC)
Situated Literatures I 5
Situated Literatures II: James Joyce as a European Writer 5
Working Through 9/11: Literature, Film, and Memorial Culture 10
The Comic Spirit: Shakespeare’s Comedies and Classic Hollywood Comedy 10
Speculative Fiction: The Weird, the Dark and the Wonderful 10
Editing Medieval English Texts: The Leiden Lydgate Project 10
The Medieval in Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Anglo-Saxon World 10
Gothic Transformations 10
Core Course Medieval and Early Modern Studies 5/10
Internship MA Literary Studies 10

Second semester

Select courses from the list below (10 EC)
With Dangers Compast Round: Paradise Lost in Context 10
The Art of Stanley Kubrick 10
Long-Distance Romance: la transmission du roman courtois médiéval 10
Migration Matters: (Im)migration, Memory, and Identity in American Literature and Film 10
Books and Readers in Medieval England 10
Internship MA Literary Studies 10
MA Thesis Literary Studies (track English) 20