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252 Master's degrees in Literature in United Kingdom

English Literature
The English Literature programme at the University of Glasgow gives you the chance to pursue your own interests in English Literature at postgraduate level by selecting from a rich variety of courses led by internationally renowned experts.

English Literature
This English Literature MA degree at Northumbria University will help you gain a more confident critical voice, and advanced analytical and research skills.

Literature
The Literature degree from University of Essex has been offered supervision in all fields of staff research interest, which includes a wide range of expertise in different literatures and in varying approaches to literature, covering most aspects from early modern to modern writing in English and a number of other languages.
English Literature
The English Literature programme at Anglia Ruskin University helps you pursue your love of literature at an advanced level, study modules on topics from the Renaissance to the modern day, and gain research skills that will help you stand out to employers or progress to a PhD.
Religion and Literature
This Religion and Literature programme from The University of Edinburgh draws on the strengths of one of the most distinguished centres of religious and theological studies in the country. It offers deep and broad study of the relationship between all genres of literature and religious traditions, history, thought and practice.
Comparative Literature and Culture with Mandarin
Study literature from across the world and explore cultures and societies in and beyond the English-speaking world. Gain a global outlook while learning from experts in languages, literatures and cultures.
Contemporary Literature and Culture
The M.A. in Contemporary Literature and Culture at Birkbeck, University of London, is a one-year full-time programme designed for those passionate about modern literary studies. This course offers flexible attendance options, including online and on-campus formats, allowing students to engage deeply with literature and culture from the nineteenth century to the present.

English Literary Studies
With this English Literary Studies course from University of Southampton you’ll get the chance to carry out advanced-level research and independent critical thinking, and to make effective use of archives, manuscripts, and research libraries.
Languages, Literatures, Cultures
The Languages, Literatures, Cultures MA course offered by Durham University is an exciting, unique and dynamic course that invites you to engage critically with literatures emerging from diverse literary and cultural contexts from around the world.

Comparative Literature
The Comparative Literature programme from SOAS University of London is an opportunity to study literature from the regions of Africa and Asia. Covering universal themes but in a unique, multi-cultural domain, you will explore a wide range of literature and its place in culture and society.

Comparative Literature
The Comparative Literature programme of the University of Glasgow offers interdisciplinary study across linguistic cultures as well as academic fields. Benefitting from a strong and diverse School of Modern Languages and Cultures, you will be able to take courses in the comparative study of literatures, film, visual arts, or societies of two or more language areas

Portuguese
Pursue research you are passionate about. This Portuguese course from Newcastle University combines taught and research elements, allowing you to explore in depth a specific area of Portuguese studies such as linguistics, Latin American culture and politics, the Spanish novel, or Latin American film.

Film and Literature
The interdisciplinary Film and Literature programme from University of York combines critical inquiry and independent research with passionately committed teaching from world-leading scholars.

English Literature - Modern and Contemporary Literature
The English Literature - Modern and Contemporary Literature programme from University of Liverpool will be shaped and informed by leading international researchers in the literature and culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

English Literature
The English Literature program at Northumbria University is taught by internationally recognised scholars in English Literature. You’ll work with cutting-edge research-active staff to push forward the latest developments in literary criticism.

English Language and Linguistics
The English Language and Linguistics MA degree at Northumbria University offers a solid grounding in key areas of linguistics and is designed for those who want to further their study of a wide range of areas of linguistics at a higher level.
English and Comparative Literary Studies
University of Warwick's offers a wide range of research areas to choose from. Harness your intellectual ambitions, and study amongst a globally renowned network of experts on the MA by Research in English and Comparative Literary Studies.
English (1700-1830)
The English (1700-1830) programme from the University of Oxford is designed to serve both as an autonomous degree for students wishing to pursue more advanced studies in English literature, and as a solid foundation for doctoral research.

Master's by Research
The Master's by Research MA/MSc programme from De Montfort University emphasises independent study over taught instruction. It is often used as a training course in advanced research work and lays the foundation towards doing a PhD.
Literary Studies
The Literary Studies MA degree from Aberystwyth University offers you a stimulating engagement with English literature in all its depth and diversity, with the opportunity to develop particular expertise in one of a number of specialist areas.