通往文学硕士的学习课程为学生提供了追求自己目标的自由。总体而言，期望学生将增加他们对英国，美国和英语文学及其知识的了解的深度和广度，将学习如何进行英语文学研究中的研究性和学术性的批判性对话，并将提高研究生分析，阐释和批评文学作品的能力。研究生班很小，并且有进行多学科和独立学习的机会。我们的文学系是敬业的教师，活跃的研究人员，理论家和作家，擅长于英国，美国和英语文学，文化研究，女权主义，性与性别研究，比较文学，理论和创意写作。我们的学生来UT是为了提高他们在教学，出版和新闻业的专业资格，以更好地为攻读博士学
The course of study leading to the MA in Literature provides students with freedom to pursue their own objectives. In general, it is expected that students will add to the depth and breadth of their knowledge of British, American, and Anglophone literatures and their influences, will learn how to engage in the critical conversation of research and scholarship in English literary studies, and will improve their ability to analyze, explicate, and criticize literary works.Graduate classes are small and opportunities for multi-disciplinary and independent study are available. Our literature faculty are dedicated teachers, active researchers, theorists, and writers, with areas of expertise in British, American, and Anglophone literatures, cultural studies, feminism, sexuality and gender studies, comparative literature, theory, and creative writing. Our students come to UT to improve their professional credentials in teaching, publishing, and journalism, to better prepare themselves for PhD programs, and also for personal satisfaction and development. We have a very good record in placing our MA graduates in PhD programs, see our placement page for some of the things our alumni are doing.