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MA Literatures of Modernity: Modernism, Postmodernism, Postcolonialism – (M.A.)
Royal Holloway University of London
Department of English| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,253 - ≈ € 13,916 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Royal Holloway University of London
On this flexible course you will explore a range of twentieth and twenty first-century literature reflecting on the historical, intellectual, cultural and technological changes of this era. You will have the opportunity to study with scholars who have international reputations in their fields and develop advanced skills in literary study and research.
You will focus on two of the three major components (Modernism, Postmodernism and Postcolonialism) and also explore the complex linkages which exist between these fields; for example, notions of postmodernism as late modernity; interpretations of postcolonial identity and resistance as modernistically fragmented; or accounts of modernism as a product of colonial anxieties and the end of empire. There is also scope to work on topics in literary and cultural theory, and on issues in European literature as well as a variety of literatures in English.
This course is ideal if you intend to progress to advanced research or simply wish to develop your knowledge of modern literature and your critical skills beyond first-degree level.
Contents
You will study two of the three core course units, normally in Term 1; two elective units, usually in Term 2; and write a dissertation.
Core course units:
Modernism, Modernity and History- This unit comprises a series of seminars on such topics as Modernism and the avant-garde; modernity, mass culture and technology; race, gender and primitivism; modernism and politics. You will be introduced to various modernist movements (Futurism, Imagism, Surrealism) and to the ways in which Modernism has been conceptualized in relation to modernity.
Postmodern Literature- In this unit you will trace the development of conceptualizations of postmodern fiction; from the ‘Literature of Exhaustion’ and ironic Metafiction of the 1960s and 70s, to contemporary texts in which Postmodernism is more readily defined by the text’s engagement with issues of gender, ethnicity, media, cultural hierarchy and politics within the ‘new world order’.
Postcolonialism- You will explore some of the key issues and debates in the broadly ramifying fields of postcolonial writing, theory and criticism. You will investigate leading approaches and topics in the area, ranging from passive resistance and subalternity to mimicry and transnationalism. You will focus in particular on how postcolonial activism has shaped theory, and on particular issues which impact on our postcolonial times, such as migration and terror.
Dissertation- You will write a dissertation of 12-15,000 words on an approved topic, during the summer term, with support from a tutor.
Elective course units:
James Joyce: Modernism and Irish History- You will explore Joyce’s writings from Dubliners to Ulysses in the context of Irish history in the period from the Battle of the Boyne to 1922, with particular emphasis on issues of colonialism and cultural nationalism in Ireland.
Joseph Conrad: Modernism, Colonialism and Gender- This unit is a study of a full range of Conrad’s writings, early and late, with particular emphasis on the colonial encounter in his fiction, the racial ‘other’, and the relations between colonialism and gender.
Virginia Woolf: Modernism and Subjectivity- You will study of a range of Woolf’s writings, investigating the construction of the subject in the light of psychoanalytic theory and feminism, and Woolf’s place within Modernism.
Coetzee and Rushdie- In this unit you will look at the work of these two major contemporary writers and explore the intersection of postmodernism and postcolonialism in their work.
Technologies of Writing- You will explore the way in which writing can be conceived as media and as communications system, from the ‘hypermedia’ of Emily Dickinson through the cinematic and radio-active writings of the modernists to the intersection of internet and poetics in recent texts.
Representing the Holocaust- You will explore the issues of memory, representation and historical understanding raised by writings on the holocaust.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Equivalent of at least a British Second Class Honours Degree.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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