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French and Comparative Literature – (M.A.)
University College Cork
College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
| Application Deadline: | 01 June (EU); (Non EU) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,855 ≈ € 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 MA degree (CKE37) aims to enable the student to see French literature differently by studying it from a specifically comparative point of view. Students will have the opportunity to work on a range of theoretical approaches which underpin comparative literature, such as reception theory, intertextuality, translation theory, literary history.
Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
* Engage critically with the theoretical and methodological frameworks underpinning comparative literature;
* Show an ability to apply appropriate comparative methodologies to selected texts;
* Comment critically and effectively on secondary literature in the area;
* Organize and deliver an oral presentation based on research/literature;
* Write effectively and at significant length on a selected issue, making a genuine contribution within the area.
Contents
Part I consists of taught modules to the value of 45 credits. Part II consists of a dissertation to the value of 45 credits.
Students take 90 credits as follows:
Part I
* FR6401 Approaches to Comparative Literature (15 credits)
* FR6901 Research Methods (10 credits)
pluseither 20 credits from the following (subject to availability):
* FR6402 Myth in Modern Novel (10 credits)
* FR6403 French Writers in Rome (10 credits)
* FR6404 "Regards Croisés": Travel Writing around France in Ireland and Ireland in France (10 credits)
* FR6405 Heroes and Heroines from Aeschylus to Lara Croft (10 credits)
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10 credits from the following:
* FR6402 Myth in Modern Novel (10 credits)
* FR6403 French Writers in Rome (10 credits)
* FR6404 "Regards Croisés": Travel Writing around France in Ireland and Ireland in France (10 credits)
* FR6405 Heroes and Heroines from Aeschylus to Lara Croft (10 credits)
and
10 credits from the following (subject to availability):
* FR6102 Language Variation and Change: The Case of French (10 credits)
* FR6103 Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (10 credits)
* FR6104 Sociolinguistic Approaches to Language and Gender (10 credits)
* FR6105 Language Policy and Language Practice in Canada (10 credits)
* FR6106 The Evolution of the French Language: Issues and Milestones (10 credits)
* FR6203 Orientalism, Ethnography and the Other (10 credits)
* FR6204 Contemporary French Philosophy: Theory as Vision (10 credits)
* FR6205 Reading the City (10 credits)
* FR6303 Marguerite Duras: L'Écriture dans tous ses états (10 credits)
* FR6304 Unsettling Identities: Auto-biographical Spaces in Contemporary Writing (10 credits)
* FR6305 "Lorsque le theatre se fait femme": Women Writing for the Stage in France (10 credits)
* FR6002 Camille Claudel (10 credits)
* FR6003 Myth and the Imaginaire: Tragedy, Anime, Romans graphiques (10 credits)
Part II
* FR6499 Dissertation (45 credits)
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A standard of at least a second-class honours in the subject in the B.A. examination, or an equivalent qualification, will be expected.
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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