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Immerse yourself within London heritage sites as you explore the connections between historic literature and its social, political and cultural meanings.
- Opportunities to enhance your employability by participating in public engagement initiatives with local creative partners.
- Modules take advantage of local literary and theatrical heritage sites, to give you an immersive and geographically-distinct learning experience.
Why study Literature, Culture and Society?
A Master's degree in Literature, Culture and Society will give you an interdisciplinary understanding of literature and related representational forms. You'll interrogate the intricate marriage between literary, theatrical, artistic, and curatorial representations, and their social, political and cultural backdrops
Throughout the degree you'll explore the interconnections between representations and contexts from a range of diverse perspectives. This includes concepts such as:
- Race
- Religion
- Gender
- Nationhood
- Place
The degree focusses on the composition and reception of diverse narrative forms, including:
- Novels
- Poetry
- Theatre
- Political satire
- Comic strips
- Historical fiction
- Museum exhibitions
You'll explore the motivation behind the original narrative formation, and how it may be re-appropriated by new readers and audiences when viewed through an alternative cultural lens.
The cross-disciplinary approach of the course means that graduates from across the humanities, especially English, History and Liberal Arts, would be well suited to study the degree.
Why St Mary's?
You'll benefit from the wealth of prominent heritage sites local to us, including Hampton Court Palace and Strawberry Hill House, the latter of which is located on our West London campus. You'll have the opportunity to engage with archives and artefacts at these sites.
Lectures are taught at Strawberry Hill House, which means you'll be immersed in local heritage throughout your degree and gives you the opportunity to engage academically and creatively with the narratives you encounter.
Throughout the degree you'll interact with a wide selection of literary and cultural movements and be introduced to a range of key disciplinary methodologies.
You'll then draw on the tools acquired across the course to conduct a rigorous and in-depth research project. This will take the form of either a dissertation, or a creative, work-based project completed in collaboration with a local heritage partner.
Please note: Literature, Culture and Society is subject to validation.
Upcoming open days and webinars
We'll be running events for you to find out more about Literature, Culture and Society MA PGDip PGCert on the following dates:
Wednesday 15th June 2022, 5pm
An Introduction to Postgraduate Study in the Humanities and Theology registration
Course lead
Dr Stewart McCain
Programme Director - History