{"id":2,"date":"2020-06-24T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies-programtemplate\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:41:20","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Graduate Program in English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border-lg border-primary px-3 py-4 mb-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Master of Arts (MA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The tradition of our Graduate Program in English is to challenge the idea of tradition itself. Always questioning the limits and limitations of established knowledge, our award-winning faculty is proud of its reputation for adventurous, interdisciplinary, and innovative approaches to the study of literature. Over the past three generations, our forward-thinking research and engaging teaching methodologies have helped shape literary scholarship across the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-uppercase mb-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/english\/programs\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5\">Expand Your Literary Excellence<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button bg-primary-2 text-white rounded-0 learnmore-block p-2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/english\/about-us\/directors-message\/\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#810001\">Welcome Message from Grad Program Director <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right small 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