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Graduating Teacher-Scholars of Literature, Writing, and Rhetoric
The Literature, M.A. and Ph.D., programs enable you to deepen your knowledge of literature and culture in different historical periods and genres.
You will devise theoretical and historical frameworks that enhance your comprehension of literary and cultural materials, and you will complete individualized projects that best represent the particular strands within literary studies of most interest to you.
Small seminars with outstanding teacher-scholars in all the major areas of literary study provide an excellent grounding in the contemporary practices of literary criticism, theoretical work, and historical scholarship.
Curriculum and Courses
MA Requirements
The Master of Arts (MA) in English and American Literature enables students to deepen their knowledge of literature through graduate work in different historical periods and genres; to devise theoretical and historical frameworks that enhance their comprehension of literary and cultural materials; and to complete individualized projects that best represent the particular strands within literary studies of most interest to them. Small seminars with outstanding teacher-scholars in all the major areas of literary study provide an excellent grounding in the contemporary practices of literary criticism, theoretical work, and historical scholarship.
Ph.D. Requirements
For Ph.D. students in literature, the coursework comprised in a Course of Study might observe period distinctions or, where appropriate, cut across those in order to achieve historical range. It might emphasize study of a single genre or aim to achieve a representative balance of genres in focusing on a particular movement at a particular time. It might focus entirely on a single national, ethnic, or cultural tradition or traverse such boundaries. The Course of Study must take into account the historical distribution requirement and other course requirements, and it may include more than one composition and rhetoric course.
Additional Opportunities
Administrative Opportunities
A considerable strength of our program is that we offer extensive and diverse opportunities for graduate students to gain professional, administrative experience while contributing in positive ways to the university community. For doctoral students especially, this level and scope of administrative experience provides strong professional credentials.
Teaching Opportunities
PhD students at Miami have the opportunity to teach within the department’s Literature major. Current PhD students teach courses such as surveys in American and English Literature, Advanced Composition, and Digital Humanities— this teaching experience often helps our students find successful tenure-line positions. In addition, graduate students have opportunities to teach in other programs, such as Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Asian and Asian American Studies, and Film Studies.
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ADMISSION AND FUNDING
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