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English - Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance – (M.A.)
University College Cork
College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
| Application Deadline: | 30 June (EU); 01 June (Non EU) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,400 ≈ € 11,620 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Cork / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University College Cork
This programme aims to provide students with specialist knowledge in the widest range of writing in English from the Middle Ages (Old English and/or Middle English) to the Renaissance.
Students choose two of the following options in the taught 20-credit course, before proceeding to their dissertation:
* Option A - Soldiers, Scholars and Saints - Old English Language and Literature to 1100
* Option B - Literature in the Age of Chaucer: Middle English Literature and its contexts 1100-1500
* Option C - Literature in the Renaissance: Reform and Revolution
While allowing students the opportunity to specialise in any two of the three traditions, which comprise this wider area (i.e. Old, or Middle, or Renaissance English), the course also aims to achieve significant dialogues between all three traditions and also the wider interdisciplinary contexts of earlier literary production - Latin and vernacular European literatures, art, history, and music.
The overall course is designed to allow graduates to explore, across time , theories of authorship and translation; the cultures of manuscripts and printing; the insular contexts of medieval and renaissance languages, literatures and ideas; and the literary implications of religious, cultural and social transformation.
Programme Staff:
Professor James Knowles
Dr. Andrew King
Dr. Kenneth Rooney
Dr. Juliet Hewish
Dr. Carrie Griffin
& Staff, Department of English
Contents
Course Components :
1. Subject Unit: Taught course in 'Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance'. October to March, two 2-hour seminars per week, plus related work.
2. Research Skills Unit: October to March, one 2-hour seminar per week, plus related work.
3. Dissertation. Period of Research: March to September
Submission of Thesis: October.
Thesis Length: 12,000 to 15,000 words
TAUGHT COURSE OPTION DESCRIPTIONS
Option A: Soldiers, Scholars and Saints: Old English Language and Literature
(option co-ordinator: Dr J. Hewish)
This course option is divided into two parts. Students taking option A choose one of two ‘routes’; one designed to cater for those who are new to the study of Old English and the other for those who have some experience of the language and literature.
IELTS
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Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Candidates must have achieved an honours standard in an approved primary degree or possess such other qualifications as may be deemed suitable by the Head of Department, following consultation with the Departmental Graduate Studies Committee. All applications must also be approved by the relevant faculty.
The selection committee for the MA in the Department of English, University College Cork also attaches strong importance to the additonal special supplementary online questions and the online 500 word personal statement for the MA in English (Medieval and Renaissance: Texts and Contexts): CKE31AdditionalQuestions (108kB)
English Language Requirements:
IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL equivalent
Part-Time Taught Postgraduate Programmes
Please note that non-EU applicants are not eligible to study part-time programmes
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
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