English Literature - Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory

Guided by a team of internationally recognised experts, in the English Literature - Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory program of the University of Glasgow you will investigate the key texts and concepts that shape our understanding of literature and culture across a period of radical change from 1880 to the present.

Key facts

• The English Literature - Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory program of the University of Glasgow has an international reputation for delivering outstanding research-led teaching, with a particular focus on interdisciplinary and theoretically informed approaches to this literary period.

• You will have access to world class libraries and museums, as well as the extraordinary diversity of cultural, literary and artistic events that make Glasgow such an enriching place for postgraduate study.

• The program includes tailored workshops with the University’s archives and Special Collections, as well as a bespoke field trip to the archives of the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
• Career prospects
• Modernities has been producing successful graduates for over 15 years and provides excellent preparation for PhD study and an academic career, as well as developing key skills valued by employers in journalism, the heritage and creative industries, and other related educational and vocational careers.

Courses include:

• Modernities: 1880-1945

• Modernities: 1945 to the Present

• African Modernities: Colonialism and Postcolonialism in the Novel

• The American Counterculture, 1945-75

• The Bleeding Edge: Contemporary Narratives of Illness and Medicine

• Canadian Literature