The MA program immerses students in literature dating from the Middle Ages through the present. Through the study and analysis of a variety of literary texts, critical and theoretical approaches (including, among others, new historicism, reader-response theory, deconstruction, feminist criticism, and post-colonial studies), and historical concepts, students are afforded the opportunity to develop individual interpretations of texts and to evaluate controversies surrounding the canon. Small-group tasks, oral presentations, short papers, and longer research papers complement lectures, discussion, and examinations. Travel and research grants are available to our students, several of whom have presented at graduate colloquia at Brooklyn College and at other universities throughout the country and abroad, or had papers accepted for publication in journals.
Our graduates have found new employment or enhanced their present careers in diverse fields including education, publishing, writing for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Others have been accepted into doctoral programs.
The Brooklyn College Graduate English Blog is a place for news and information directed at graduate students, and importantly visitors interested in learning about these programs. The hosts of this blog are the students themselves. Send an email with questions, concerns, criticisms, and comments about the information you see posted on this blog to: bcgradeng@gmail.com. Know that all feedback is greatly appreciated.
The Brooklyn College Graduate English blog was birthed in February 2008. Please excuse our edits and updates as this site goes through continuous revisions of improvement.
