Postgraduate Degrees
Graduate study in the English Department at
UWC provides a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment for
talented students from diverse backgrounds. The courses proceed from a strong
foundation in literary, period and theoretical studies to engagements with
contemporary debates. Areas explored include the literatures of the global
south, with a strong focus on post-1945 South Africa, as well as digital
cultures. The Department is home to leading South African scholars in the areas
of ecocriticism and animal studies. In collaboration with the Xhosa and Afrikaans
Departments, the UWC English Department offers the country’s only multilingual
creative writing course. The creative writing team has a record of exciting and
well-received publications. The courses provide a rich and useful background to
professions in the arts, media, teaching, publishing, tourism, public
relations, the civil service, marketing and communications.
The following degrees are offered:
Honours: 2 core courses, 1 elective and
a research essay.
Structured Masters Degree: 3 modules and a
mini-thesis.
Structured Creative Writing Masters: Two core modules "Studies in Prose" and "Studies in Poetry". Choice of elective module. Mini-thesis. This degree may be done in one or two years.
Creative Writing Masters by full thesis.
PhD by thesis.
HONOURS 2017 Module Overview
Compulsory:ENG701: Research Essay
ENG716: The Art of Writing A -- Adventures in the Novel, Narrative and Life
ENG717: The Art of Writing B -- South African Fiction & Perspectives from the Global South
Elective:
ENG718: Creative Writing Honours Module
ENG723: South African Literature, Orature, Visual Cultures -- South African Modernism
ENG724: African Literature, Orature, Visual Cultures -- Contemporary South African Literature and Film
ENG725: World Literature -- Reading Children’s Literature
English 726: Literature and Film/Media/Digital Cultures -- Representations of Identity and Place in Literature and Film
ENG755: Period Studies -- Late Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
ENG740: Directed Reading -- Reading the Enlightenment: Genre, Form and Ideals in Selected 18th C Fiction
Modules are offered at full-time and
part-time hours, subject to minimum enrollment.
MA Structured
Most of the above modules are offered at a more advanced MA level, combined with a mini-thesis. Check the Handbook for current details.
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You may complete your application online at
http://www.uwc.ac.za/Students/Admin/Pages/Online-Applications.aspx
Applications normally close on 31 October of the preceding year.
Direct queries to the Graduate Coordinator,
Prof. Kobus Moolman, at jmoolman@uwc.ac.za
Please find more detail on each of the following programmes by clicking on the links below: