UMD’s MA in English Language and Literature provides a strong foundation in literary analysis, rhetorical studies, and critical theory. Students engage with texts from multiple historical periods and global traditions while building research and academic writing skills. The program supports specializations in areas like modernism, gender studies, digital humanities, and African American literature. Graduates pursue teaching, publishing, editing, or further academic study at the doctoral level.
Critical analysis of Gothic tropes in contemporary feminist fiction
Digital annotation of modernist texts using TEI and XML standards
Study of memory and trauma in postcolonial Caribbean literature
Exploration of ecological themes in early American nature writing
Rhetorical study of protest poetry during the Civil Rights Movement
Podcast series on literary criticism and reader reception history
Developing a syllabus on speculative fiction and sociopolitical commentary
Analysis of queer representation in 20th-century drama
Mapping character networks in Victorian novels using digital tools
Linguistic analysis of dialect in Appalachian short stories
Research on intertextuality in Shakespearean adaptations
Study of digital publishing and its effect on literary canon formation
Narrative theory applied to memoir and creative nonfiction genres
Comparative analysis of abolitionist rhetoric in 19th-century essays
Development of an online literary magazine with student editorial board
Exploring Black aesthetics in Afrofuturist speculative literature
Constructing a thematic index of marginalized voices in medieval texts
Archival research project on lost works of American women poets
Designing a literature and social justice curriculum for high school
Study of literary form and fragmentation in postmodern fiction
Explore the power of language and storytelling across centuries in UMD’s research-rich English program.
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