Overview

If you take this English Literature at Bangor University you will experience:

One-to-one teaching and supervision by established writers and academics.
The opportunity to develop your own specific interests, working in the genre and style of your choice.
The flexibility to study on a full or part-time basis.
The opportunity to develop an awareness of your own writing and writing processes through combining creative and critical work, preparing you for a future career in writing or as an academic.

Careers

This course prepares you for a career in higher education, as well as in publishing, arts administration, media research, and a range of related careers. This course fully prepares you for a future career as a writer and as an academic.
Students also have the opportunity to follow a range of training programmes offered through the University that significantly enhance their chances of finding work in the field of their choice.
A number of recent or existing creative writing students have successfully published collections of poems or short stories that have arisen from their studies here at Bangor.

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Programme Structure

Areas of staff research expertise include:

Arthurian literature
medieval and early modern women’s writing
Shakespeare
Milton
Romanticism (especially Hazlitt and his contemporaries)
Victorian literature (especially Dickens and Oscar Wilde)
Welsh writing in English (especially R.S. Thomas)
London-Welsh writing at the turn of the twentieth century

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

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Please note, admission is open throughout the year for Research programs

Language

English

Duolingo English Test

120

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TOEFL^® IBT

85

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bangor, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Literature View 82 other PhDs in Literature in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

120

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TOEFL^® IBT

85

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A first class or a good second-class degree. In many cases PhD applicants have studied to MA level, though this is not compulsory. Students without an MA are required to follow the research training module offered by the school.
We are able to accept some students on a distance-learning basis, but they should have already acquired the skills taught in the introductory seminars, or should make arrangements to attend equivalent seminars at another institution, at their own expense.
Potential students should submit a writing sample of approximately 3,000 words with their application in the case of prose fiction, or a sample of ten poems.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

18500 GBP / year

≈ 18500 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

≈ 5006 GBP / year

Living costs

Bangor

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.