Victorian Studies (MA) - 2013/2014 entry
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Overview
This programme is ideal if you want to pursue an interest in the literature, culture and history of nineteenth-century Britain, or study in preparation for a research degree.
Two academic Schools at Birkbeck currently contribute to the MA: the School of Arts and the School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy. You will be encouraged to raise questions across traditional disciplinary boundaries; all course tutors are committed to an interdisciplinary approach.
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Why study this course at Birkbeck?
- Explore this fascinating period through a multidisciplinary approach, bringing together literature, visual art, history and cultural studies.
- Our graduates have an impressive record in competing for Arts and Humanities Research Council awards for research degrees.
- Find out what our students say about our courses.
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Course structure
The two core modules will introduce you to different types of primary material and different approaches:
- Progress and Anxiety
- Nineteenth-Century Culture Wars: Faith, Doubt and Disbelief.
You will also choose two option modules from a range of topics. Typical options include:
- Crime and Society in Victorian England
- Dickens
- Nineteenth Century Literature of Loss
- Race and the Victorians
- The Victorian Fin-de-Siècle
- The Victorian Supernatural
- The Victorians and the Romantics
- Victorian Art
- Victorian Cultures of Death
- Victorian Emotions
- Victorian Poetry
- Victorians and Gender
- Internship with the Dickens Museum.
Dissertation: in the final phase of your studies you will research and write a 15,000-word dissertation.
Find out more in our departmental handbook.
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Study resources
Birkbeck is at the geographical centre of London’s research library complex, a short distance from the British Library, the University of London Library, the Warburg Institute and the Institute of Historical Research.
The University of London Library has an outstanding collection of literary periodicals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Find out more about our range of world-class research resources.
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Further study opportunities
If you are interested in further research, we offer a PhD/MPhil in English.
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Careers information
Graduates go on to careers in writing and journalism, TV, curating, editing, publishing, research, marketing or public relations and the arts industry.
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Apply now
- Application deadlines and interviews
We recommend you apply as early as possible. Later applications may also be considered, subject to availability of places. - Online application
You can apply online from the link below.
- Application deadlines and interviews