English (Modernities: Romanticism, Modernism and Post-Modernism) – (M.Sc.)

This course introduces students to an advanced level study of literature in English from the Romantic period to the present day. Locating three key movements in literature and culture since the 1790s - Romanticism, Modernism, Post-modernism - the module examines connections between ideas and aesthetic techniques traditionally associated with those movements.

Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
* Discuss key aspects of theories of Modernity and Post-Modernity;
* Analyse some aspects of the relations between Romanticism and Modernity;
* Write critically and analytically on subjects within the fields of Romantic literature and art, Modernist literature and art, Post-Modernist literature and art, literary and cultural theory;
* Write about research activities such as: research seminars; conferences; literature surveys, library surveys and other research activities;
* Pursue a research topic, developed through clear and recordable processes of enquiry and selection and the research and composition of a dissertation;
* Write about a specific field of study in a coherent and well-structured way;
* Utilize advanced critical, theoretical and methodological concepts in the presentation of their research;
* Contribute to existing critical, theoretical and methodological debates within a specified field of study.