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MA English - Literary Studies

Academic Year 2022/23

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Programme Title MA English - Literary Studies Final Award
(exit route if applicable for Postgraduate Taught Programmes)
Master of Arts
Programme Code ENG-MA-ES UCAS Code HECoS Code 100320 - English studies - 100

ATAS Clearance Required

No

Health Check Required

No

Portfolio Required

Please note, applicants for this course are required to submit a sample of recent written work on a literary topic that represents their best work to date (not more than 3000 words).

Interview Required

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Mode of Study Part Time or Full Time
Type of Programme Postgraduate Length of Programme Part Time - 3 Academic Years
Full Time - 1 Academic Year
Total Credits for Programme 180
Exit Awards available No

Institute Information

Teaching Institution

Queen's University Belfast

School/Department

Arts, English and Languages

Quality Code
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code

Higher Education Credit Framework for England
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code/higher-education-credit-framework-for-england

Level 7

Subject Benchmark Statements
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements

The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/qualifications-frameworks.pdf

English (2015)

Accreditations (PSRB)

No accreditations (PSRB) found.

Regulation Information

Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations
(Please see General Regulations)

N/A

Programme Specific Regulations

Students must pass the taught modules (120 credits) before undertaking the dissertation (60 credits).

Students with protected characteristics

N/A

Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations

(Please see General Regulations)

No

Educational Aims Of Programme

The MA in Literary Studies offers an advanced university English curriculum, in accordance with the national English bench marking statement, that:

provides students with the opportunity to develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of Literary Studies;

delivers a programme that reflects current critical thinking and key critical debates in the field of Literary Studies;

enables students to both pursue specialised fields of study (via guided pathways in specialist areas) OR to choose a flexible arrangement of modules which bypass traditional period or national boundaries;

delivers a programme that draws on the research expertise of staff, offers new perspectives on the subject, and is informed, where applicable, by the unique character and resources of Northern Ireland;

attracts students from local, national, and international contexts, and then provide and deliver the best possible learning and teaching experience, in an environment of equality, tolerance, and mutual respect;

fosters an atmosphere of sophisticated intellectual enquiry by offering modules which encourage a stimulating interchange of ideas;

develops further skills gained through undergraduate study of English, and add new skills, particularly in research methodology, appropriate to higher degree level;

provides a grounding in the field of literary studies that will prepare students for independent research.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes: Cognitive Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

recognise and appreciate the varying effects of different literary and rhetorical structures within different periods and contexts;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centered learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

analyse and interpret material with an awareness of both historical contexts and appropriate critical approaches;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

differentiate between and critique different ideological and theoretical positions;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

identify appropriate and practicable areas for further work and to formulate suitable written responses;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

think independently analytically, synthetically, and in an organised fashion;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

work autonomously, manifested in self-direction, objective-setting, prioritising and time-management;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

critically analyse and assess their own performance, and that of others, in the context of scholarly endeavour;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

summarise and synthesise theoretical and experiential learning, drawing on a range of evidence and perspectives;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

analyse and interpret material with an awareness of both historical contexts and appropriate critical approaches;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged from the outset to undertake autonomous learning and to present the results of that learning in an appropriate form both to their peers and to staff in seminars.

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

differentiate between and critique different ideological and theoretical positions;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Library work, and the use of QConnect and other on-line resources, will ensure that students have a rich source of different theoretical and scholarly frameworks to draw upon.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

identify appropriate and practicable areas for further work and to formulate suitable written responses;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Library work, and the use of QConnect and other on-line resources, will ensure that students have a rich source of different theoretical and scholarly frameworks to draw upon.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

access electronic databases and other information resources;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Library work, and the use of QConnect and other on-line resources, will ensure that students have a rich source of different theoretical and scholarly frameworks to draw upon.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

display requisite word- and data-processing skills;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

plan and carry through a viable research project;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

develop further research communication and other employment-related skills;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

work individually and in teams;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

to articulate the significance of public humanities approaches within and beyond their discipline.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Dedicated, subject-specific research methods module that addresses the issues, challenges and research questions raised by advanced study in the subject.

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

Learning Outcomes: Transferable Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

construct complex arguments that are lucid and well-organised and draw on a range of appropriate types of evidence, from the large to the small scale, and communicate these effectively in writing;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Seminar presentations, student interaction and discussion with individual staff hone communication and rhetorical skills and offer the opportunity to learn from constructively critical feedback.

Essays and the dissertation require students to be able to seek out suitable resources and to obtain and collate appropriate information at a sophisticated level. Research methods training is thus put into practice at an early stage and developed throughout the degree.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

develop efficient time-management skills, including the ability to work under time pressure;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Seminar presentations, student interaction and discussion with individual staff hone communication and rhetorical skills and offer the opportunity to learn from constructively critical feedback.

Essays and the dissertation require students to be able to seek out suitable resources and to obtain and collate appropriate information at a sophisticated level. Research methods training is thus put into practice at an early stage and developed throughout the degree.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

offer and receive constructive criticism of their own and others’ work, and to respond positively and productively to feedback on their own work;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Seminar presentations, student interaction and discussion with individual staff hone communication and rhetorical skills and offer the opportunity to learn from constructively critical feedback.

Essays and the dissertation require students to be able to seek out suitable resources and to obtain and collate appropriate information at a sophisticated level. Research methods training is thus put into practice at an early stage and developed throughout the degree.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

think maturely in diverse intellectual situations;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Seminar presentations, student interaction and discussion with individual staff hone communication and rhetorical skills and offer the opportunity to learn from constructively critical feedback.

Essays and the dissertation require students to be able to seek out suitable resources and to obtain and collate appropriate information at a sophisticated level. Research methods training is thus put into practice at an early stage and developed throughout the degree.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

access electronic databases and other information sources;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Library work, and the use of QConnect and other on-line resources, will ensure that students have a rich source of different theoretical and scholarly frameworks to draw upon.

Methods of Assessment

Student-devised essays.

Dissertation preparation and completion.

identify and use appropriate resources;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Library work, and the use of QConnect and other on-line resources, will ensure that students have a rich source of different theoretical and scholarly frameworks to draw upon.

Methods of Assessment

Student-devised essays.

Dissertation preparation and completion.

deliver a complex research project;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Library work, and the use of QConnect and other on-line resources, will ensure that students have a rich source of different theoretical and scholarly frameworks to draw upon.

Methods of Assessment

Student-devised essays.

Dissertation preparation and completion.

utilise effective oral, argumentative and interpersonal skills in group contexts;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

initiate, structure and lead group discussion;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

develop further research communication and other employment-related skills.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Class discussion, based on student presentations and directed by staff, thereby allowing students to test the utility of varying approaches and contexts and confidently to define the ways in which they can most effectively participate in critical debates.

Students are encouraged to avail of skills and research training sessions at the Graduate School.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

discuss complex interactions between literature and its contexts;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

articulate current theoretical models and critical positions and the ways in which they continue to transform the field of English literary studies;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

demonstrate the points of contact between the methodological practices of various disciplines, including history, philosophy, social psychology, sociology and cultural politics;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

understand the ways in which modern conceptions of regional and cultural identity, ethnicity and nationality function within and across international lines of social and cultural affiliation;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

discuss how aesthetics, rhetoric and politics function in modern English literary production and cultural reception;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

demonstrate how the production and transmission of texts influences issues of interpretation, intentionality and readership;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

appreciate, contextualise and compare the varying effects of different literary, rhetorical and cultural forms of expression;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

offer sustained analysis and interpretation of a broad range of material from varying cultural and historical contexts;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

respond to, differentiate between, and to intervene in, critical and theoretical debates;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.
Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

think and research independently and self-reflexively

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.

One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Subject-specific research methods which provides essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

acquire and enhance a wide range of skills that will equip them to make significant and productive contributions in the workplace and beyond after they graduate;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Complementary components of Faculty research methods provision.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

develop further research communication and other employment-related skills.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Complementary components of Faculty research methods provision.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

Learning Outcomes: Subject Specific

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

analyse texts with a sophisticated awareness of the ways in which their formal and generic features interact with particular cultural and historical contexts;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.
One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Seminars in research methods which provide essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

draw on, engage with, and formulate a critical position in relation to different critical positions and theoretical models in modern literary and cultural studies;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.
One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Seminars in research methods which provide essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

recognise, and to intervene in, areas of debate or new areas of discussion in English literary studies;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.
One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Seminars in research methods which provide essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

present persuasive and sustained written arguments on key issues in the interpretation of literary texts;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.
One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Seminars in research methods which provide essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

handle a range of critical and primary sources in the context of formulating an independent argument;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.
One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Seminars in research methods which provide essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

utilise a range of research tools, resources, and methodologies, and to understand and put into practice the standard protocols of referencing in the advanced literary essay;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.
One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Seminars in research methods which provide essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

offer lucid, well-organised and scholarly oral presentations on literary issues;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Combination of core modules and elective options, supported by Research Methods training in the practice of critical writing.

Seminars, in which the emphasis is on student-led learning, thus developing an engaged understanding of key issues.

Student presentations, as an essential component of seminars, enhance oral skills and develop the ability to engage effectively with critical debate.
One-to-one consultation serves as a forum tailored to individual needs in which students can develop their awareness of appropriate areas of study and research.

Seminars in research methods which provide essential information about access to resources, and also, through group exercises, provide the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained.

Methods of Assessment

Practical work and student-centred learning encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form.

Assessed essays are based on student-devised topics which enable students to hone and demonstrate understanding by identifying suitable and practicable areas for written work.

Student-devised 3800-4500-word essays in a number of modules require students to be able to identify and carry out a task within a defined time frame; the discipline and motivation developed in this way is then further tested by the 15,000-word dissertation.

display a wide range of skills that will equip them to make significant and productive contributions in the workplace and beyond after they graduate.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Complementary components of Faculty research methods provision.

Methods of Assessment

Online assessments and short essays.

Module Information

Stages and Modules

Module Title Module Code Level/ stage Credits

Availability

Duration Pre-requisite

Assessment

S1 S2 Core Option Coursework % Practical % Examination %
Decadence and the Birth of Modernism ENG7362 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Special Topic Irish Writing ENG7119 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Magic and Science in Medieval Writings ENG7371 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Popular Fiction at the Fin de Siècle ENG7368 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Adaptation: texts, screens, cultures ENG7372 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Incorrigibly Plural LIB7001 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 50% 50% 0%
7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Literary Research Methods ENG7163 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N YES -- 100% 0% 0%
Migrating Identities LIB7005 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Dissertation English Literary Studies ENG7111 7 60 -- YES 11 weeks N YES -- 100% 0% 0%
Shakespearean Childhoods ENG7024 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Trauma & Memory in Contemporary Irish Literature ENG7365 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 90% 10% 0%
Irish Women’s Writing ENG7373 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Dickens in Context ENG7065 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Fictions of Female Community, 1660-2007 ENG7367 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Contemporary Literature in Crisis ENG7076 7 20 YES -- 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Discourses of Crime and Deviance LIB7004 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Shakespeare and Asia ENG7374 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
America's Aftermaths LIB7003 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Reading Historically ENG7261 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Love Poetry ENG7375 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%
Irish Poetry ENG7305 7 20 -- YES 11 weeks N -- YES 100% 0% 0%

Notes

Students may exit with a Postgraduate Diploma in English Literary Studies on successful completion of 120 CATS of taught modules or with a Postgraduate Certificate in English Literary Studies on successful completion of 60 CATS of taught modules.