English - Marshall University

English from Marshall University is a Campus Master English degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Graduate courses in English provide detailed consideration of authors, literary types, and periods of literary history, as well as composition and rhetoric, English language history, and linguistics. Students are expected to acquire a broad acquaintance with the range of English and American literature and the English language; to acquire a basic knowledge of the terms and methods of critical and cultural theory; and to become thoroughly familiar with the forms of literature, critical standards, and the materials and methods of research in the field. Each candidate for the Master of Arts in English must select an area of specialization. The areas include the literature of the following periods: Medieval; Renaissance and 17th Century; Restoration and 18th Century; Romantic and Victorian; 19th Century American; Modern British; and Modern American. Other areas are: Composition and Rhetoric; Language and Linguistics; Critical Approaches to Literature; Genre Study; and Writing. The candidate may complete the specialization by taking three courses in an area or by taking two courses and writing a thesis in an area. In addition to this specialization each candidate must take at least one course in each of four other areas. Please contact the department for details about our new courses and programs in Composition and Rhetoric and in Linguistics and Language Study. View more details on Marshall University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related English courses.