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Popular Literatures* (MA)

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Course Description

This exciting new programme offers students the opportunity to specialize in the study of popular literature within a number of genres – including, for example, early modern drama, the eighteenth century novel, twentieth century detective fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and the graphic novel. It offers the opportunity to analyze texts from both literary and linguistic perspectives. It also includes the possibility of examining the language of advertising, print journalism and magazines.

Study Details/Module Information

All students take:

Core taught modules: Approaching Popular Literatures (15 credits); Popular Literatures: Theories and Contexts (15 credits); Dissertation Preparation (15 credits)

Optional taught modules: to the value of 75 credits

Dissertation: 60 credits.

Examples of 15 credit optional modules available are as below. Please note that only a selection of modules potentially available will run in any given year.

Early Modern Popular Culture
The Rise of the Novel
Popular Culture and Stereotypes
Twentieth Century Detective Fiction
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Art of the Graphic Novel
Advertising
Print Journalism and Magazines
South Asian Popular Culture
Media Transversalities
Translating the Renaissance: From Italy to England
Gothic Fictions

Assessment is through coursework, primarily in essay format. After completing the taught components, students progress to the dissertation phase. This provides the opportunity to explore in depth an issue or question relevant to the programme, under the supervision of one of the team.

Research Environment

The MA in Popular Literatures is underpinned by a rich and thriving research environment. There are ample opportunities to attend research seminars given by eminent scholars; this includes distinguished visiting speakers as well as Liverpool Hope’s own academics and research students.

Recent publications by contributing staff are numerous, and include:

·    Salman Al-Azami. Language of Advertising in Bangladesh. Open House Press, 2008.
·    William Blazek and Laura Rattray (eds). Twenty-first Century Readings of Tender is the Night. Liverpool University Press, 2007.
·    Cynthia Hamilton. The Social Eye: Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski and the Hard-boiled Detective Formula, forthcoming 2010.
·    J’annine Jobling. Fantastic Spiritualities. Continuum, forthcoming 2010.
·    Lucy Kay, Zoë Kinsley, Terry Phillips & Alan Roughley (eds). Mapping Liminalities: Thresholds in Cultural and Literary Texts. Peter Lang, 2007.
·    Zoë Kinsley. Women Writing the Home Tour, 1682-1812. Ashgate, 2008.
·    William Rossiter. Chaucer and Petrarch. D. S. Brewer, forthcoming 2010.
·    Alan Roughley (ed.). Anthony Burgess and Modernity. Manchester University Press, 2008.


Career Opportunities

The MA in Popular Literatures can act as a foundation for further postgraduate work such as doctoral research. It also fosters a range of transferable skills valued in professional contexts, such as critical and lateral thinking, the ability to formulate arguments, the capacity to work independently, the presentation of research findings and information management. Teachers may follow this course in order to enhance their subject knowledge.

Key Information       

Award    MA Popular Literatures       
Mode of Study    Part-time or Full-time       
Duration    12-15 months (full-time) 24-30 months (part-time)       
Study Pattern    September/ January entry. Evening study       
Accreditation           
Entry Criteria    Normally an Honours degree (minimum 2:1) in a humanities subject       
Deanery    Arts & Humanities       
Website:    www.hope.ac.uk/artsandhumanities       
Contact Details    t: 0151 291 3225
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 September 2009 )
 
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