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MA Contemporary Literature and Culture


I am in charge of an MA in Contemporary Literature and Culture at Brunel University, West London.


This MA is an English Studies MA focusing on contemporary, English-language cultures and their literatures.


Brunel University is a London-based campus with excellent modern facilities ideal for international and home students alike.


(Picture Shows acclaimed novelist Zadie Smith with Brunel faculty members Celia Brayfield and Fay Weldon. Smith, winner of the Orange Prize for fiction, was speaking at Brunel in December 2006.)

The MA programme is part of a suite of ten MAs in the School of Arts.


The school specialises in the interchange between critical analysis, creative work and technology, and you will be joining a vibrant community of academics and students all working at the cutting edge of contemporary creativity and culture.


The school is also home to an array of writers, musicians, and performers of international reputation.

Each year we recruit significant numbers of international students.


Applications are welcome at any point in the year, the course commences in October.


MA or Postgraduate Degree in...

Contemporary Literature and Culture, Eigentijdse Literatuur en Cultuur, Littérature et culture contemporaines, Zeitgenössische Literatur und Kultur, Σύγχρονοι λογοτεχνία και πολιτισμός, Literatura e cultura contemporary, Современные словесность и культура, Literatura y cultura contemporáneas, Letteratura e coltura contemporanee, Współczesny Literatura i Uprawiać, Contemporan Literatură şi Cultură, Съвременен Литература и Култура, Istodobnik Književnost i Kultura, Současník Literatura a Kultura, Nutids- Litteratur og Kultur, Aikalainen Kaunokirjallisuus ja Kulttuurinen, Samtímamaður Bókmenntir og Menning, Contemporáneo Literatura y Cultura, Moderne Litteraturen og Kulturen, Suvremen književnost pa Kultura, sovrstnik slovstvo ter kultura, Samtida Litteratur och Kultur, aynı zamana ait edebiyat ve kültür.

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