Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies

MODULES ACROSS THE SCHOOLS

Postgraduate study is an important element of the work of the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Various Schools offer MA modules focusing on, or with relation to, aspects of the long eighteenth century, including an Interdisciplinary MA offered through the School of Music. See the relevant area below for possible module choices.

For further information and for individual areas of staff research interest please go to the Staff and Associated Members page, or contact the relevant subject area directly. Enquiries concerning doctoral research are warmly welcomed in all areas.

• School of English
• School of Langauges, Literatures and Performing Arts
• School of History and Anthropology
• School of Music
• Current Postgraduate Students
  
  
  
  

MA modules in the School of English

Full modules (12 weeks)

• Modern Indian Literature in English (Dr Daniel Roberts)                                             
• Slavery, Empire and Abolition, 1660-1840 (Dr Shaun Regan)
• Georgic Transformations in Eighteenth-century Poetry and Culture (Prof. Estelle Sheehan)
• Private / Public Women (Dr Moya Haslett)

A recent development in our English MA programmes is the introduction of ‘half’ modules in semester 2. These optional modules last 6 weeks rather than 12, and can be taken in combination with another ‘half’ module, in place of one full 12-week module. ‘Half’ modules currently offered or in development in the ‘eighteenth century and Romantic’ area are:

• Swift and Ireland (Dr Moyra Haslett)
• Reading Tristram Shandy: Satire, Sensibility, and Serial Fiction (Dr Shaun Regan)
• Rhetoric, Revolution and Empire: Edmund Burke (Dr David Dwan)
• Slavery, Empire and Abolition (1160-1840) (Dr Shaun Regan)

 

MA modules in the School of Literatures, Languages and Performing Arts

• Literature of the Spanish Enlightenment (Dr Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa, Spanish and Portuguese)
• Literature and Art of the Spanish Enlightenment (Dr Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa, Spanish and Portuguese)
• Medicine and Magic in Colonial Mexico (Dr Fiona Clark, Spanish and Portuguese)
• Reading the Book of Nature (Dr Fiona Clark, Spanish and Portuguese)

MA modules in the School of History and Anthropology

• Culture, Politics and Identity in Ireland c.1534-1972 (Dr Peter Gray)
• Women in Modern Ireland, 1760-1960 (Dr Mary O'Dowd)
  
  
  

Interdisciplinary MA in the School of Music

• Culture and National Identity in the long Eighteenth Century (Dr Sarah McCleave)
  

The general theme of culture and national identity will be explored by examining influence on the artistic style or attitudes of figures such as Bach, Handel, Beaumarchais, Rousseau, Coleridge and De Quincey. Cultural developments in particular centres, such as London, Paris and Rome, will be examined by considering genres such as the pastoral or representations of culture in print. Folksong collecting in Eastern Europe and colonial cultural identities during the British Ray may also feature. This module is taught by members of staff in the Schools of Music, English, History, and Modern Languages and is open to Humanities students in general (subject to permission from their home Department or School). Through study of specific issues centred around the theme of national and cultural identities, students will develop an appreciation of the links between artistic, social and political developments. Assessment is by seminar and two essays (the first on a 'set' topic, the second chosen from an interdisciplinary menu). Students will develop critical, appraisal and presentational skills. In the event of this module running as an independent study, the seminar may be replaced by a book review.

Current postgraduate students

Postgraduate Study