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Modernities: Modernism, Modernity & Post-Modernity – (M.Litt.)

University of Glasgow

School of Critical Studies
Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 5,290 - ≈ € 13,520 (non-EEA)
Location: Glasgow / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 12 months Start Date: September
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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* MLitt: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time

You will take a core course which runs over two semesters and is taught by a range of tutors. In each semester you will also take a specialist course. The final part of the programme involves supervised independent study on a specialist topic and a dissertation.

Coursework is structured around weekly seminars with your tutor and fellow students.

You are expected to engage fully with the primary sources, to develop, express and take responsibility for your own opinions and to work towards independent argument and expression.

Core course

This establishes the foundational modernist movements and manifestos, and examines the 'fallout' of these movements over the last half century or so.

Optional courses may include

* Ireland’s modernities: narrative and dramatic
* Modernist sexualities
* Proust in theory
* Virginia Woolf writes Modernity
* African Modernities: colonialism and post-colonialism in the novel
* The American counterculture, 1945-75
* The novel now
* OULIPO
* 'Queer' fictions.

Dissertation

You can select a specialisation in many areas of 20th century and contemporary writing, critical and cultural theory, post-colonialism and Irish studies.


Contents

* MLitt: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time

You will take a core course which runs over two semesters and is taught by a range of tutors. In each semester you will also take a specialist course. The final part of the programme involves supervised independent study on a specialist topic and a dissertation.

Coursework is structured around weekly seminars with your tutor and fellow students.

You are expected to engage fully with the primary sources, to develop, express and take responsibility for your own opinions and to work towards independent argument and expression.

Core course

This establishes the foundational modernist movements and manifestos, and examines the 'fallout' of these movements over the last half century or so.

Optional courses may include

* Ireland’s modernities: narrative and dramatic
* Modernist sexualities
* Proust in theory
* Virginia Woolf writes Modernity
* African Modernities: colonialism and post-colonialism in the novel
* The American counterculture, 1945-75
* The novel now
* OULIPO
* 'Queer' fictions.

Dissertation

You can select a specialisation in many areas of 20th century and contemporary writing, critical and cultural theory, post-colonialism and Irish studies.

IELTS

You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.

Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.

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Requirements

Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified.

Note: An academic writing sample is also required.

If your first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level

Language Proficiency

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): Grade B (Score: 75)

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You can contact Dr Vassiliki Kolocotroni to ask a question about Modernities: Modernism, Modernity & Post-Modernity at University of Glasgow.

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