Develop your knowledge across a range of fields including narrative, poetry, cinema and race studies. You’ll cover contemporary and recent American fiction and the way ‘real history’ appears in the texts. You may be able to take selected modules in history offered by the History Department.
In addition to those who have a general fascination with America, this pathway may be of particular interest to students considering a PhD in American literature or culture. A previous background in American literature is not required.
Optional modules may include:
- Memory and Trauma in Contemporary Literature
- Making a Scene: Radical American Poetries of the 20th Century
- Contemporary Cinemas
- American Nightmares: Socio-political Discourses in American Gothic Literature