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Goldsmiths, University of London: Critical and Creative Studies in Literature

Institution Goldsmiths, University of London View institution profile
Department Theatre and Performance
Web https://www.gold.ac.uk/
Email course-info@gold.ac.uk
Telephone 020 7078 5300
Study type Taught

Summary

Why study MA Critical and Creative Studies in Literature at Goldsmiths

Aimed at students who want to think rigorously and write imaginatively, this groundbreaking and intellectually rigorous Masters programme invites you to explore literature in depth, developing your critical and creative practice and engaging with literature’s past, present, and future in a global cultural context.

  • Arrive with a passion for reading, analysing, and questioning literature and/or theory across periods and cultures. Graduate with advanced critical, creative and theoretical skills that open pathways into publishing, media, education, arts and cultural industries, or doctoral research.

  • In this MA, you’ll read boldly across periods, forms, and traditions, tracing literary movements from the nineteenth century to the present while exploring how texts travel across national, regional, and transnational contexts.

  • The programme develops a powerful understanding of how literature responds to historical crises and contemporary global challenges, and how it helps us imagine new cultural futures.

  • As an MA student at Goldsmiths, you’ll be part of a vibrant intellectual community that challenges conventions, rewards experimentation, and places you at the forefront of contemporary debates in literary studies.

  • Teaching is driven by cutting-edge research, and you will be taught by scholars whose work is internationally recognised for its originality and critical edge.

  • Based in London — one of the world’s most diverse and creatively charged cities — you will be immersed in a cultural environment that reflects the programme’s spirit: outward-looking, experimental, and globally connected.

  • With unparalleled access to museums, theatres, galleries, cinemas, libraries, and archives, as well as a dynamic creative economy, Goldsmiths is an ideal place to transform your passion for literature into advanced critical and creative practice.

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An incubator for ideas

Creativity has always been the hallmark of Goldsmiths. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive and ideas are allowed to grow.

Our courses and research activities span the creative arts, humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, computing, business and management across 18 academic departments.

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