Master of Arts by Research in Language, Literature and Culture

Undertake a Master of Arts by Research in Language, Literature and Culture

Gain expertise in a specialised area of language, literature and culture

Expand your understanding of the cultural, social and political forces that shape and steer the world today by conducting research in English literary studies, philosophy, communications, or applied linguistics.

Discover more about research at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

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Why undertake a Master of Arts by Research in Language, Literature and Culture at Flinders?

Become an international expert in your topic and gain expertise in a specialised area.
Make a difference to the world. Your research has the potential to improve people’s lives by making sense of how our culture, and how we communicate, enables us to express ourselves, create new things, connect with each other, and make sense of our surroundings.
Be the first to explore a fascinating research question and fill a gap in current knowledge or answer a previously unresolved issue in your field.

PhD opportunities

Areas of research study include:

Literary Studies
Life Narrative
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Philosophy
TESOL

Your career

A Masters of Arts by Research in Language, Literature and Culture at Flinders equips you with a wide range of skills valued in all types of organisations and careers. It will enhance your creative practice, analytical and communication skills, provide you with the ability to quickly learn new concepts and adapt to change, and enhance your time management, organisation and resilience skills.

A Masters of Arts by Research is a stepping-stone to a career as a professional researcher in the public sector, think tanks, charities, universities, and private corporations. Individuals with a Masters of Arts by Research in Language, Literature and Culture are highly sought after for various professions in public and private organisations and have found roles in writing, the law, public service, consulting, advising, teaching and publishing.

Potential occupations include:

academic
writer
consultant or advisor
professional researcher.

Potential employers include:

universities
think tanks
public sector
charities
private corporations.

Potential research supervisors

Flinders Language, Literature and Culture academic staff are recognised as leaders in their fields both in Australia and globally. Our academic supervisors draw on their extensive knowledge and exciting research covering topics related to Gothic and Romantic literature, graphic texts, Continental philosophy and English as a global language.

Laura Roberts, Lecturer (Women’s and Gender Studies)

Dr Kylie Cardell	Life writing narrative across various media, diary studies, humour and autobiography, new media and self-representation, creative nonfiction, literary/cultural theory, graphic texts, journalism, war narrative (nonfiction), feminist literature/memoir
Dr Tom Cochrane	Philosophy of mind/psychology (particularly emotions, mental disorders, well-being), aesthetics/philosophy of art, metaphysics, ethics
Professor Kate Douglas	Life writing or auto/biography studies, studies in childhood and youth, trauma studies, memory studies, contemporary literatures of social justice, travel writing, and pedagogies of reading
Dr Jeffrey Gil	English as a global language, English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL), the global use and status of Chinese, soft power and Confucius Institutes
Dr Eric Parisot	18th century and Romantic literature, the Gothic, literature and death, the history of emotions
Professor Robert Phiddian	17th and 18th century literature, contemporary Australian political cartoons, and theories of satire, parody, and irony
Dr Erin Sebo	Anglo-Saxon poetry, Beowulf, wisdom literature, orality, influence and intertextuality, the history of emotion, gender and the heroic ethos
Associate Professor Craig Taylor	Ethics, philosophy and literature, Wittgenstein and applied ethics
Dr Laura Roberts	Gender studies, feminist philosophy and politics, post/decolonial theory, contemporary social movements, and feminist philosophies of technology.

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