M.A. in English (English Literature)

General Information

The English Department at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem offers a prestigious graduate program for the study of literature in English (English Literature), including British, American, Irish, Canadian and South African works. 

Students in the MA in English (English Literature) program at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem can choose from a number of subspecialties, among them Elizabethan drama, Renaissance and Restoration poetry, the Victorian novel, twentieth-century literature and literary theory. The faculty members approach literary texts from a wide variety of perspectives (formal, thematic and historical) and foster originality and curiosity bolstered by the most rigorous research methodology and writing skills.

The courses offered in the MA program showcase the faculty’s latest research interests. While offerings change from year to year, recent programs have included seminars on the pastoral genre, Irish modernism, posthumanism, eco-criticism, childhood in Victorian culture, 9/11 fiction, the Vietnam War in literature and film, and feminist theory, as well as single-author courses on Milton, Shakespeare, Dickens, Joyce, Nabokov and J. M. Coetzee.

The MA program meets the highest international standards and prepares students to compete with postgraduates from top universities worldwide. Students benefit from numerous international exchange opportunities as well as exclusive partnerships with international summer schools (Dickens Universe, California; Beckett Summer School, Dublin; Shakespeare Summer School, Verona).