Program Description
The M.A. program in English Literature is designed to provide students with a thorough and critical knowledge of English literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Our courses focus on both canonical and non-canonical texts of English Literature, locating them within relevant historical, cultural, philosophical and psychological contexts. Our program aims to enable students to read and intrepret texts from different theoretical vantage points; to make students acquainted with the characteristics of various genres of literature; to enable students to outline the major lines of critical argument around literary and cultural texts and write insightful papers on different literary topics.
The graduates of our M.A program in English Literature can work as instructors of English in prep-schools of various universities and in private language schools. They can also work as cultural researchers and consultants in public and international relations departments of national and international companies and institutions. Some of our graduates work as academics in Humanities and Social Sciences Departments of various universities.
Possible Fields of Study
Medieval, Early Modern, Modern and Postmodern English Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Ancient and Modern Literary Theory
Required Course Load
7 Courses (1 Must Course + 6 Electives) + 3 NC Must Courses
Must Course
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| ELIT525 |
RESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN LITERARY STUDIES |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
Electives (6 Courses to Choose from the List Below)
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Lab (h/w) | ECTS |
| ELIT503 |
MILTON |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT504 |
SPENSER |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT505 |
20TH CENTURY BRITISH NOVEL I |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT506 |
20TH CENTURY BRITISH NOVEL II |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT507 |
20TH CENTURY BRITISH DRAMA |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT508 |
SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT509 |
APPROACHES TO LITERARY CRITICISM |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT510 |
THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENG.NOVEL |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT511 |
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT512 |
POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND LITERATURE |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT513 |
20TH CENTURY BRITISH POETRY |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT514 |
CHAUCER |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT515 |
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT516 |
LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT517 |
LITERATURE IN THE RENAISSANCE |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT518 |
LITERATURE IN THE 17TH CENTURY |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT519 |
LITERATURE IN THE RESTORATION AND THE 18TH CENTURY |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT520 |
THE VICTORIANS |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT521 |
LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT522 |
BACKGROUNDS OF MODERN CRITICISM |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT523 |
HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
| ELIT529 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LITERATURE |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8.0 |
NC Must Courses (All 3)
Note: Students are required to select a thesis supervisor by the end of their FIRST semester in the program.