MPhil English
Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, United Kingdom
Course overview
We welcome MPhil proposals in all areas from Medieval literature to literature of the 2020s. The Department’s particular areas of expertise include: Contemporary poetry Crime fiction Life writing Horror Nature writing Black diaspora literature Postcolonial fiction Women’s writing Children’s literature Literary geography and ecocriticism Queer writing Memory and post-memory Welsh writing in English Literatures of surveillance Irish writing Gothic literature and ghost stories Psychoanalysis Late Medieval secular literature Contemporary medievalism Romanticism Victorian literature Modernism and late modernism Disability in literature Postmodernism.
Key highlights
- Research proposals welcomed from Medieval literature to writing of the 2020s
- Supervision expertise in crime fiction, horror, Gothic literature and ghost stories
- Specialisms include Welsh writing in English and Irish writing
- Research strengths in postcolonial fiction and Black diaspora literature
- Expertise in ecocriticism, nature writing and literary geography
- Further specialisms in queer writing, disability in literature and life writing
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:1 — to include relevant subject
- Additional condition: portfolio — 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent, and submission of a satisfactory writing portfolio.
Scholarships
AberDoc Scholarship
Tuition fees (up to the UK (Home) rate of £5,006 per annum). A maintenance allowance of approximately £20,780 per annum and access to a travel and conference fund (max. £1000 per annum) will also be provided.
AberGrad Scholarship
A £1,000 tuition fee discount is available to Aberystwyth graduates.
Up to £1,000Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship
UK First Honours degree will be eligible for a £3,000 discount; UK Upper Second (2:1) or Lower Second (2:2) degree will receive a £2,000 discount.
Careers this course leads to
- Academic researcher
- Lecturer in English literature
- Editor
- Writer
- Secondary school English teacher
- Archivist
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Aberystwyth University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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