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Irish Writing (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip) – (M.Phil.)
University of Dublin Trinity College
School of English
| Application Deadline: | 1 March | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 7,250 ≈ € 12,600 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Dublin / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Dublin Trinity College
Irish Writing in English since the sixteenth century has involved a remarkable flowering of creativity in a wide variety of genres. Trinity College has often been to the fore in this and numbers such major figures as Jonathan Swift and Samuel Beckett among its graduates. The well-known contemporary writers William Trevor, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, Eavan Boland, Sebastian Barry and Anne Enright continue a tradition that has seen many of the college's graduates contribute to Ireland's reputation as a country in which excellent writing is produced and celebrated.
The course in Irish Writing offers graduates in English or related disciplines (e.g. history, art history, Irish Studies, a modern language) the opportunity to study the broad range of Irish Writing in English. A central element of the course requires students to concentrate on four major literary figures: Jonathan Swift, W.B.Yeats, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. This course is accompanied by a further required course which offers students a series of perspectives on Irish Writing, from the sixteenth century to the present day. There is also a course on Research Methods which trains students in literary scholarship and its presentation. These elements are complemented by a series of option courses from which students are invited to select two in a given year, one in each semester.
The course is designed to be complete in itself but can serve as preparation for those wishing to proceed to further research in the field. Assessment is by presented essays and a dissertation.
Contents
The course consists of five modules:
* A module on Perspectives in Irish Writing 1590-2009, taught through lectures and seminars in the Michaelmas and Hilary terms. (20 ECTS)
* A module on Single Authors taught through weekly two-hour seminars: Swift and Yeats in Michaelmas term, Joyce and Beckett in Hilary term. (20 ECTS)
* A number of optional modules are offered in Michaelmas and Hilary terms, each taught through weekly two-hour seminars through a single term. These modules vary from year to year but in the past such modules have included: Literature and Violence; Irish Drama and the Metropolitan Theatre; Contemporary Irish Fiction; Poetry in Ireland since 1960; Irish Women´s Writing. Students must choose one optional module in Michaelmas term, a second in Hilary term. In place of the Hilary term optional module, students may enrol for a Creative Writing workshop. Entry to this part of the course is based on assessment of a portfolio of the student´s writing which must be submitted during the Michaelmas term. (20 ECTS)
* A module in Research Methods is taught in the Michaelmas term in weekly lecture/seminars. (5 ECTS)
* A dissertation (12,000-15,000 words) is planned in consultation with a Course Director in Hilary term and is prepared and written under the guidance of a supervisor in the Trinity term and in the long vacation (July to September). (25 ECTS)
Assessment is by a combination of course papers and exercises and dissertation.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applicants should have a good honors degree (at least an upper second or equivalent, GPA of at least 3.3). Some previous knowledge of Anglo-Irish literature is also desirable. Admission to the course is competitive due to a restricted quota.
All applicants whose first language is not English and who have not been educated through the medium of English must present one of the following qualifications in the
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
* IELTS: Grade 6.5
* TOEFL: 230-computer based, 570 paper based
* Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English: Grade C
* Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: Grade C
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 570 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 230 |
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You can contact Prof. Nicholas Grene to ask a question about Irish Writing (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip) at University of Dublin Trinity College.
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