English - Modernities: Literature, Theory & Culture from the Romantics to the Present (MA)

Western Road, Cork, IE, Cork, Ireland

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# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

12 monthsProgramme duration

16,700 EURTuition Fee/year

English Language and LiteratureMain Subject Area

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Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This MA introduces students to the advanced study of American and British literature and other cultural forms, from the eighteenth century to the present day, as well as to a selection of European and American theoretical works pertaining to the concept of ‘modernity’. Under the guidance of leading scholars in their fields, students will encounter some of the most influential contemporary critical and theoretical models currently being applied to the notions of modernity and modernisation, and apply the ideas raised by these theories to a rich variety of works from the Romantic, Victorian, and modernist periods, and the later twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Texts studied range from those of canonical Romantics, including P.B. and Mary Shelley, major Victorian authors such as Charles Dickens, the influential modernists Ezra Pound and Virginia Woolf, to innovative recent and contemporary poets, novelists, dramatists, and filmmakers. Among theorists of modernity, students can expect to explore the thought of significant nineteenth-century thinkers, including Carlyle, Nietzsche, Marx, Freud, and to examine twentieth/twenty-first-century cultural theory in such fields as deconstruction, ecofeminism, and transhumanism. The encounter with these thinkers and movements will aid the student in debating and developing a deeper understanding and appreciation of the broader culture in this era.

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Admission Requirements

TOEFL

90+

PTE Academic

63+

Cambridge CAE Advanced

176+

Bachelor GPA

3.3+

IELTS

6.5+

To be considered for admission to an MA programme within the School of English, an applicant will normally possess a primary degree result of Second Class Honours Grade I in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) or higher or equivalent qualification in English or a cognate subject. All candidates must satisfy a Selection Committee who may request applicants to provide letters of reference.

For North American students a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 is expected.

The selection committee for the MA in the Department of English, University College Cork also attaches strong importance to the additional supplementary online questions and the online 500-word personal statement for the MA in English (Modernities: Literature, Theory and Culture from the Romantics to the Present).

Program Duration

1 Year

Starting Month(s)

Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic

Starts from

6,130 EUR

International

Starts from

16,700 EUR

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English - Modernities: Literature, Theory & Culture from the Romantics to the Present (MA)

Western Road, Cork, IE, Cork, Ireland

# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

12 monthsProgramme duration

16,700 EURTuition Fee/year

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