克拉克大学（Clark University）对文学的高级研究使您与构成美国乃至世界社会的文化力量深入而持久地交往。您将沉浸在跨越类型，时间段和国界的文本中。您还将分析故事发生和发展的各种环境，并与教职导师合作选择特定的重点进行深入研究。实践证明，我们的英语文学硕士课程是博士课程学习和职业发展的理想之选，涉及高级教学，公共政策，印刷和数字媒体以及企业和非营利组织等领域。我们的课程包括必修课程文学研究，以及一系列地理环境和时间段内的选修专题研讨会。与顾问紧密合作，您将确定论文研究的重点领域，并完成一个基于您
Our curriculum includes a required introduction to literary studies, as well as elective special-topics seminars in a range of geographical contexts and time periods. Working closely with your adviser, you will identify an area of focus for your thesis research and complete a project that builds on your unique scholarly interests.<br><br>Most students earn their degree in three or four semesters. Students must be in residence for at least one year (two years are required for recipients of a teaching assistantship award).<br>Our students engage capacities and skills that have import within and beyond the study of literature. Such skills entail:<br><br>Analyzing both written texts and broader cultural narratives that shape the political and social world.<br>Crafting insightful and illuminating arguments.<br>Conducting independent and in-depth research with a range of archival sources.