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Shakespeare and Renaissance Literary Culture (MLitt)
Offers an introduction to the literature of the 16th and 17th centuries, with a focus on the work of William Shakespeare.
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Creative Writing (MLitt)
Develops original work while providing critical and creative study in either poetry or prose and offers practice-based, technically and creatively oriented tuition by leading contemporary authors with an emphasis on the development of individual style and the goal of literary excellence.
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Medieval English (MLitt)
A rigorous programme of study covering the medieval literature of England and Scotland from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early Renaissance.
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English BA (International Honours)
This joint degree programme delivered by both the University of St Andrews and the College of William & Mary in Virginia, USA, provides the opportunity to explore a range of historical periods, critical approaches to literature and genres to develop your writing skills, sensitivity to language, and awareness of the intellectual challenges and aesthetic pleasures offered by literature, as well as your understanding of the cultural values it reflects.
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English MA (Honours)
Teaches you to closely read texts across a range of genres and historical eras, from medieval texts in Old English and Older Scots to Renaissance plays, revolutionary 19th-century novels, contemporary poetry and more, and to consider the ideas, human values and historical forces that have helped shape literature.
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Playwriting and Screenwriting (MLitt)
Provides a gateway into the professional world of writing for stage, radio or screen with an emphasis on your individual voice and style.
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Romantic and Victorian Studies (MLitt)
Enhances students' knowledge of the phases of literary production and reception, and of relevant cultural and historical contexts and thinking about Romanticism and Victorian literature through the study of literary culture from the 1790s to 1900.
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Women, Writing and Gender (MLitt)
This course offers a unique opportunity to explore the rich and varied output of women writers across history and to consider critical issues surrounding gender and writing from 1500 to the present day.
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Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture (MLitt)
Aimed at those interested in modern and contemporary literature, this programme allows students to explore the key texts, contexts and theories that have shaped literature and culture from 1900 to the present.