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Popular Literature, M.Phil.

University of Dublin Trinity College, School of English

Disciplines:

Language, Literature and Cultural Studies

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Country:	Ireland	Duration:	12 Months
City:	Dublin	Start Date:	October
Educational Form:	Research	Languages:	English
Education Variants:	Full Time
Application Deadline:	1 May
Annual Tuition Fee:	€ 7250 € 12602 (non-EEA)

Programme Description

This course offers an opportunity for the advanced study of popular literature and its strange place within modern culture. It will trace the history of such popular genres as horror, science fiction, romance, and detective fiction, and offer a comprehensive introduction to contemporary theories of the popular. Participants will also choose from a range of specialist options on particular aspects of the popular, and study research methods. This M.Phil. will provide an invaluable base for those who wish to do further graduate study, but will also appeal to those who wish to develop their critical skills and knowledge in relation to an important aspect of contemporary culture.

The School of English has a large and active cohort of research students (some 50 in the current session), and two other taught Master's courses. Participants in this new M.Phil., the only one of its kind in these islands, will be part of a long-established and vigorous academic community. A weekly staff-graduate research seminar offers a lively forum for debate and the exchange of ideas. Postgraduates of the School of English routinely go on to further research and successful careers, in the academy and other fields.

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The organization of the Core Course is as follows. The first term is structured historically, moving from the beginnings of mass literacy and print culture in the eighteenth century to the beginnings of Modernism in the twentieth, but largely focusing on the astonishing proliferation of popular literary forms in the nineteenth century, including Gothic fiction, serial and sensation fiction, empire fiction. The second term is structured generically, with each week being given over to a specific popular literary form, such as detective fiction, romance, science fiction, horror, children's literature, the bestseller. Both terms will begin with seminars discussing theories of popular literature and culture.

Assessment will be by a combination of coursework and dissertation.

These will be broken down as follows:

Dissertation (40%): 15,000 words, by October 1, to be supervised by an appropriate member of staff.
Core Course (30%): 2 x 5000 word essay, due dates Friday week 1 of Hilary Term, Friday week 1 of Trinity Term,
Options (30%): 2 x 5000 word essay, due dates Friday week 1 of Hilary Term, Friday week 1 of Trinity Term.

Requirements

You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country. Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test. More information

Applicants are normally expected to have a good honors degree (at least of upper second standard) or an equivalent qualification.

English language requirements: