English and American Literature - Brandeis University

English and American Literature from Brandeis University is a Campus Master American Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The graduate programs in English and American literature offer training in the reading and analysis of texts from a variety of perspectives, ranging from formalist to historical and political approaches. Department faculty conduct research and teach in the periods, genres, and geographies of English-language texts, and in such fields as literary history and theory; philosophical approaches to literature; feminist, gender, and sexuality studies; visual, media, and performance studies; Marxist and cultural studies, and postcolonial studies. In recent faculty and student research, the categories of texts studied have included film, video, photography, and the Internet; communication and economic technologies; performance; and cultural discourses and objects, as well as the traditional literary genres. The Department offer Master of Arts degree in English and American Literature. The graduate programs in English and American literature emphasize individual scholarship; offer training in research, teaching methods, and other professional development skills; and encourage graduate student innovation and initiative. Our program combines the strengths of a research university the intimacy of a small liberal arts university. View more details on Brandeis University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related American Studies courses.