Develop your own scholarly, theoretical, critical, or even critical-creative writing with support from widely published scholars, critics, and authors

Be inspired by our rich programme of literary events on campus, online, and in the city’s historic Castle Quarter

Study on campus in the University Library’s bespoke Postgraduate Study Space, or in the Castle Quarter within the University’s Postgraduate Study Hub at The Storey, the city’s Victorian-build arts venue

Present your work at the Department’s Masters Literary Studies Conference, usually held in the impressive surrounds of the Castle.

Enjoy the benefits of our partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Grasmere, including internship opportunities

Get involved with our four student-run literary journals: Cake, Lux, Flash, and Errant

This degree provides a rare opportunity to develop both your critical and creative writing at Master's level, and indeed to explore, if you wish, radical fusions of these two modes.

You will take two in-common modules in Research Methods, developing your understanding of the many ways that literature works both within the academy and beyond. In addition, you will select two modules in English Literary Studies, and two modules in Creative Writing. You will also complete an English Literary Studies dissertation which could, if you wish, fuse critical and creative writing.