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Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700 – (M.A.)
University of York
Department of English and Related Literature| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,560 - ≈ € 15,305 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | York / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of York
The York MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700 aims to provide students with a rich variety of perpectives on the writing and culture of the period. Drawing on the exceptionally wide range of expertise within the School, the programme introduces key contemporary approaches to early modern literature, within a modular structure that enables our students to build their own courses, as well as offering them plenty of opportunities to pursue independent research and writing. The course focuses on drama, poetry and prose written between the reign of Henry VIII and the Revolution of 1688.
The MA is run by the Renaissance Research School. Among its activities, the School organises research seminars with guest speakers throughout the year. It also hosts an annual conference which concludes with the prestigious Patrides Lecture, given by an international authority on an early modern theme.
The Renaissance Research School also has strong links with The Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies (CREMS), which was launched in October 2005 to complement the university's flourishing Centres for Medieval and Eighteenth Century Studies. The Centre provides a dynamic forum for thirty academic staff and their postgraduates, from the departments of English & Related Literature, History, History of Art, Politics, Archaeology, Theatre, Film & Television and Music.
Students on the MA have access to a wide and expanding array of research resources, printed and electronic. The University subscribes to Early English Books Online (EEBO), which brings the world of early modern print to campus computer terminals.
Contents
The programme is fully modularised and divided into 4 taught modules (one compulsory, three option), a research skills training programme, and a research dissertation.
Core
The core module offers a compelling introduction to modern and early moden theories of the text, which will equip you with a rich critical vocabulary and practice, and encourage you to think differently about your approach to a broad range of Renaissance texts.
From editing to acting, and from Renaissance theories of language and translation to the recovery of rhetoric, we will explore a selection of methodologies, practical approaches, and conceptual challenges which open up early modern texts in sometimes startling ways. Our study will, throughout the course, be informed by a detailed engagement with important poetic, dramatic, and prose texts.
* Reading the Renaissance
Options
Some of the modules are offered within the Renaissance School itself; others are drawn from other MA courses in English and related disciplines (including the MA in Early Modern History, the History of Art MA, and the interdisciplinary MA in Renaissance & Early Modern Studies).
Available option modules may include:
* Classical Presences in Early Modern Culture
* Language, Religion and Political Thought in Early Modern England
* Objects and the Early Modern
* Rabelais and Montaigne
* Shakespeare and the Powers of Language
* Theatres of Revenge
* Theories of Everything in Early Modern England
* Writing Space
* From Body Beautiful to Body Politic (History elective)
* Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (CREMS elective)
Option modules will vary from year to year according to staff availability, and will run subject to minimum numbers. Option modules may also be taken in other arts and humanities departments.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Candidates for admission to the MA degree should normally have a good honours degree or its equivalent in an appropriate subject. Applicants for whom English is a second language are normally expected to have achieved one of the following scores: IELTS: 7.0; TOEFL: 620 (paper-based test)/260 (computer-based test)/105 (internet-based test); or (preferably) Cambridge Proficiency: A or B.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 620 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 260 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 105 |
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