Overview
About the program
In the academy and the rest of the world, ideas about literature and how it matters have been changing. Expanded canons, ongoing developments in critical theory and cultural studies, new forms of interdisciplinary exchange, and the important transformations wrought by digital culture have revitalized literary studies.
Grounded in literature’s long association with the history of writing and print and the cultural value of art, the graduate focal areas in this English Literature program at the University of Pittsburgh also prepare scholars and teachers to examine literature’s life across media and language’s activity in the world.
Programme Structure
Areas of focus include:
Children’s Literature and Childhood Studies:
- Drawing on Pitt’s nationally-renowned faculty in Children’s Literature and Culture, CLCS pursues the interdisciplinary study of children’s literature and media from the U.S., Great Britain, and beyond.
Genealogies of Modernity: Medieval and Early Modern:
- Spanning the medieval and early modern eras, GenMod supports inquiries into religion and secularism, ethics, gender and sexuality, and comparative media during the “age of reform” (roughly 1300-1650).
Media and Material Practices:
- The MMP graduate focal area engages past, present, and emerging media, exploring how scholarly paradigms designed for print, performance, and digital cultures can inform the study of both new and old media.
Race, Poetics, Empire:
- The RPE graduate focal area examines how imperialism and its racial politics have shaped modern cultural forms.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Literature View 117 other PhDs in Literature in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Completed application form
- Personal statement & writing sample
- Transcripts
- Three letters of recommendation
- International students: evidence of English Language Proficiency
Tuition Fee
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International
43804 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 43804 USD per year during 60 months. -
National
43804 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 43804 USD per year during 60 months. -
In-State
25834 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 25834 USD per year during 60 months.
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Scholarships Information
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