English PhD

University of Southampton

You'll have a supervisory team tailored to your research project's specific needs, staffed with researchers who are at the forefront of developments in their fields. These experts will regularly review your work and give detailed feedback to guide you.You can make use of a rich range of opportunities, such as seminar series and regular formal training events. These will provide you with the wisdom and capabilities to complete your project, enhance your CV, and prepare you for your chosen career.You'll also have access to a wide range of centres and facilities, including Chawton House libraryIf you wish to conduct research without travelling to Southampton regularly, you can apply for the programme via distance learning.A PhD in English or Creative Writing has helped our graduates to establish careers in academic research, publishing, policy work, teaching, project design/management, and a wide variety of roles as writers and researchers in diverse media organisations.English literatureThe goal of the PhD is a final thesis of 75,000 words, to be examined by an internal and external examiner. You'll meet with your supervisor about once a month to discuss the progress and direction of your research, as well as receiving feedback from your advisor.Creative writingThe goal is to submit an extended and original piece of creative work, which takes the form of either:Creative prose: 50,000 - 85,000 words of creative prose and 20,000 words of critical writingPoetry: 8000 - 15,000 words of poetry and 20,000 - 40,000 words of critical writingPerformance of dramatic composition: 3 hours performance time and 20,000 words of critical writingMain areas of researchcreative writingmodern and contemporary writingmedieval and Renaissance culturethe 18th and 19th centuriesJewish and non-Jewish relationsmultimedia creativity and textualitypostcolonial world literature and global cinemareception and adaptation theorycultural histories of knowledge

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