Philosophy and Literature MLitt

Explore continental philosophy and the role it has in the twenty-first century, combined with the very latest academic debates in literary studies.

You can study philosophical approaches and their significance within the context of recent scientific developments, as well as the role of the imagination in philosophy and its significance within recent social, literary and cultural contexts.

You can also tailor your studies by choosing from a wide range of modules in Scottish and Irish literature, Medieval and Renaissance literature, eighteenth and nineteenth-century literature and modern and contemporary literature.

We host work-in-progress seminars as a forum for you to present and discuss your work, and you are also invited to contribute to our annual Humanities Postgraduate Conference and to get involved in our postgraduate community.

Through the activities of the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy, the Scottish Centre for Critical and Creative Cultures, and the Centre for Poetic Innovation you will be able to attend regular research seminars, with papers given by invited international and UK speakers.

We also have recognised strengths in book history and publishing, authorship studies, and visual culture. Our research culture thrives on investigating the creative relationships between literature and film, poetry and theatre, word and image.

Careers:

This course is good preparation if you want to pursue a doctorate in philosophy or literary studies.

Our previous postgraduate students have been successful in obtaining funding from the Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Carnegie Trust, the UK Overseas Research Scheme, and the Royal Institute for Philosophy.

You will also be able to work in fields such as:

• academia
• teaching
• creative industries
• journalism
• media
• politics
• law.