English Literature: American Modern Literature MLitt

University of Glasgow

The Masters in American Modern Literature focuses on the American Literature of the late nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The required courses range across fields and genres including art history, film, ecocriticism, sociology, urban studies, travel writing, and music, as well as providing a grounding in traditional and emerging narratives of modern American literary history.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

The university offers superb archival resources in the Special Collections of our library, the Hunterian Art Gallery and Museum as well as the nearby Kelvingrove Museum.

Literary analysis will be informed by Glasgow’s tradition of interdisciplinary approaches to American culture, drawing on film, music, philosophy, and art to help frame the development of American modern literature.

You will be able to work with a team of internationally-renowned North Americanists to develop your research skills and pursue your own research interests in relation to American modern literature.

CAREER PROSPECTS

The critical and analytical skills that you will acquire include:

the ability to find, select and manage large quantities of information

confident and persuasive oral and written communication

problem solving through creative and critical thinking.

These make this programme an ideal step towards an academic or other career.