MA Scottish Literature
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: English Literature or combined English at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Scottish Literature, an English Literature degree exploring national writing from historical texts to contemporary works. The first year introduces poetry, drama, prose, alongside choices from Celtic and Scottish ethnology, philosophy, divinity and law, and history, classics and archaeology. Second year studies involve learning a language, taking courses in Scottish Ethnology, and studying external subjects. The third year focuses on Enlightenment ideas about history, society and literature, Scotland’s political incorporation into Britain, and Scotland’s participation in Britain’s global empire. The fourth and final year advances to modules in Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry and Contemporary Scottish Fiction.
Modules
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- linguistics and English language
- philosophy, divinity and law
- learn (or continue to learn) a language
- take courses in Scottish Ethnology
- do something completely different
- Enlightenment ideas about history, society and literature
- Scotland’s political incorporation into Britain
- Scotland’s participation in Britain’s global empire
- Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry
- Contemporary Scottish Fiction