For 2022/23 starters:

Autumn EGH631 - Writing Identities: Nation, Race, Empire

This module explores literature from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries with a focus on the role that nation, race and imperialism have in constructing individual and shared identities. We will look at texts that foreground relations between the local and the global from the height of the colonial age to the current period of neo-colonial (or postcolonial) relations. Students will encounter writing from a range of geographical locations and across a broad spectrum of styles, themes and voices. By making use of relevant concepts from literary and cultural theory we will consider issues including citizenship, community and migration, gaining an understanding of how concepts of nationhood, racial identity and imperialism have shaped modern culture.

EGH631 Reading List

For your Spring semester module you should choose ONE of the following:

EGH601 Shakespeare and Early Women Dramatists

This module looks at plays by Shakespeare alongside related plays by female dramatists of his time and after, considering questions of influence, response, and treatment of shared themes. In 2018 we expect to be looking at The Taming of the Shrew alongside The Concealed Fancies, by Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley; Antony and Cleopatra alongside The Tragedy of Antonie, by Mary Sidney; and Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam, thought to be the first original Renaissance drama written by a woman. 

* Core texts for last year included Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Antony and Cleopatra, Mary Sidney's Antonie, Elizabeth Cary's Mariam and The Concealed Fancies by Elizabeth and Jane Cavendish; there may be changes for 2024 but this selection is a good indication of the module content .

EGH628 Literature and the Mind

This module explores Romantic and Victorian literature from the perspective of the editor and the dramaturg. It will introduce you to the theory and practice of scholarly editing and adaptation by drawing on current projects of members of the teaching team, from, for example, an edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, to the memoir of John Addington Symonds, to theatrical adaptations of the novels of Jane Austen. You will consider the relationship between editing and interpretation, discuss working with archival manuscripts and think through the critical and political implications of different editorial choices. The module will give you the skills to produce a scholarly edition or adaptation of a text of your choice, in consultation with your tutors.

EGH628 Module Flyer

EGH628 Course Overview/Reading List

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us: englishpgt@sheffield.ac.uk 

For 2023/24 new students:

All new students will take: 

EGH602 Research Methods in English Studies

This, the core module for the MA in English Studies, will combine an introduction to electronic, microfilm, and paper tools with an in-depth exposure to the way in which close reading can be aided by consideration of reception history, literary theory, historical backgrounds, and stage history. Students will learn by way of and demonstrate skills in online discussions. Students who complete this module will have developed skills that are transferable to various employment situations, especially publishing. The module will be very useful for and interesting to secondary and post-16 English teachers, particularly those whose degrees are not recent.

For your Spring semester module you will choose ONE of the following:

EGH601 Shakespeare and Early Women Dramatists

This module looks at plays by Shakespeare alongside related plays by female dramatists of his time and after, considering questions of influence, response, and treatment of shared themes. In 2018 we expect to be looking at The Taming of the Shrew alongside The Concealed Fancies, by Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley; Antony and Cleopatra alongside The Tragedy of Antonie, by Mary Sidney; and Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam, thought to be the first original Renaissance drama written by a woman. 

* Core texts for last year included Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Antony and Cleopatra, Mary Sidney's Antonie, Elizabeth Cary's Mariam and The Concealed Fancies by Elizabeth and Jane Cavendish; there may be changes for 2024 but this selection is a good indication of the module content .

EGH628 Literature and the Mind

This module explores Romantic and Victorian literature from the perspective of the editor and the dramaturg. It will introduce you to the theory and practice of scholarly editing and adaptation by drawing on current projects of members of the teaching team, from, for example, an edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, to the memoir of John Addington Symonds, to theatrical adaptations of the novels of Jane Austen. You will consider the relationship between editing and interpretation, discuss working with archival manuscripts and think through the critical and political implications of different editorial choices. The module will give you the skills to produce a scholarly edition or adaptation of a text of your choice, in consultation with your tutors.

EGH628 Module Flyer

EGH628 Course Overview/Reading List

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us: englishpgt@sheffield.ac.uk