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Literatures of the Americas, 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:	26 June
Annual Tuition Fee:	€ 7250 € 12602 (non-EEA)

Programme Description

In the past twenty years the scholarly fields of American Literature, American Studies and Postcolonial Studies have undergone radical transformations. Their core concepts - including identity, race, citizenship, hybridity, and nationhood - have been challenged and redefined in fundamental ways both by creative writers and by theorists. This course - the first of its kind in Ireland and one of only a small number of similar courses in these islands - reflects on those changes and provides an exciting new postgraduate course of study for high calibre students.

This course provides an opportunity to engage in an advanced and detailed way with the literatures of the Americas. It stimulates fresh analyses of a wide range of literatures in English and in translation into English, by canonical, mainstream, avant-garde and marginal writers, and opens up research opportunities in this dynamic field.

Students interact with texts in various genres and from different periods in their development of a complex sense of the literatures of the Americas, and the course promotes inter-disciplinarity as a key feature of its pedagogical approach. While the degree is complete in itself, the supervised dissertation of up to 20,000 words helps to lay a foundation for doctoral research in Postcolonial and/or American literary studies.

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Assessment will be by a combination of coursework and dissertation. There are no examinations. Students submit 1 essay of between 6,000 and 8,000 words each for each core course, and 1 essay of the same length for each option taken. Students must complete and pass all assessment elements to pass the course. (The pass mark is 40%.) The 4 essays taken together count for 60% of the final mark and the dissertation counts for 40%. Failed work may be resubmitted with the approval of the Course Committee.

Students begin discussing topics for their dissertations with course coordinators early in Hilary term, and supervisors will be assigned then. Given the extensive expertise of staff in the School, they will be able to discuss a wide variety of topics. Students will be expected to complete preliminary bibliographies and dissertation outlines before the end of Hilary term, to coincide with the conclusion of the compulsory Research Methods course. Dissertations of up to 20,000 words in length will be due for submission on or before the 30 th of September.

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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 hold a II.1 Honours BA degree or the equivalent, in English and/or American Studies or a cognate discipline. Candidates must submit a sample of their critical writing as part of their application (max. 5,000 words).

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