Arthurian Literature MA/PgDip

Postgraduate

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Start date

    September

The course is an exciting, long standing, and successful academic course that benefits from the expertise of world class academics, outstanding library resources, and a unique location with medieval roots in the legend. Research skills taught during the first semester will enable students to engage with a variety of interdisciplinary approaches and sources, ranging from theoretical, historical and cultural aspects of the Arthurian myth.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The course aims to enable understudies to: Write lucidly in an academic register, to compose footnotes to reference the most common kinds of material referred to in literary critical essay and to produce a Works Cited, using the MHRA system.
Demonstrate an understanding of some of the major themes in literary theory
Gain a good understanding of literary research methodologies;
Present sophisticated ideas orally and textually.


Current and past research students have engaged in higher degrees, teaching, research and librarianship in higher education, publishing, and a range of related activities. Kevin Whetter is now Associate Professor at Acadia University, Canada, and has co edited Re Viewing Le Morte Darthur (Cambridge: DS Brewer, 2005); Dr Takako Kato is Research Associate at the Centre for Textual Scholarship, De Montfort University, and her study Caxton’s ’Morte Darthur’: The Printing Process and the Authenticity of the Text, was published at Oxford in the Medium Aevum monograph series, in 2002; Professor Yuri Fuwa teaches at Keio University, Japan; Dr Michael Cichon is Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr John Joseph Doherty works in a US university library, and Dr Mark Adderley is Professor of English at Missouri Valley College.

Applicants should normally hold a 2(i) undergraduate degree in a relevant area, demonstrating high achievement in elements relevant to the proposed research or equivalent experience. In their applications, students should outline the area in which they wish to specialise.

International students whose first language is not English: An IELTS score of 6.5 with no element below 6.0 is required.

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Subjects

  • Welsh
  • IT
  • Archaeology
  • Dissertation
  • Arthurian Literature
  • Palaeography
  • Codicology
  • Medieval Arthur
  • Post Medieval Arthur
  • Medieval Welsh
  • Arthurian romances

Course programme

The MA in Arthurian Literature consists of two parts. Part One must be successfully completed before proceeding to the second part, the dissertation. The Diploma, which consists of Part One of the MA programme, aims to develop learner autonomy to the point where the student is capable of beginning a scholarly dissertation at MA level. Compulsory Modules: Part One: Introduction to Literary Theory, Scholarship and Research (30 credits), which develops knowledge of literary theory and research methods. Medieval Arthur (30 credits), exploring the Arthurian myth from the earliest archaeological evidence to the end of the fifteenth century, with a view to examining its evolution in a variety of the socio political contexts, as well as material culture. Post Medieval Arthur (30 credits), addressing the Arthurian myth and legends from the early modern period onwards, paying attention to the way the story was shaped in different centuries Optional Modules: Open Essay (30 credits): Supervised essays on topics of the student’s own choice. Advanced Latin for Postgraduates (20 credits) Manuscript and Printed Books (30 credits): An introduction to the study of medieval and early modern palaeography and codicology, in co operation with the Bangor University Archives and Special Collections, which include the library of Bangor Cathedral Subject to availability, students may choose relevant modules in medieval Welsh literature/Welsh Arthurian literature offered in the School of Welsh. Part Two: Dissertation (60 credits): a substantial piece (20,000 words) of scholarly research, on a subject of your own choice and discussed in detail with a chosen supervisor. It will involve a series of one to one supervisory meetings during the summer, once Part 1 has been completed successfully.

Arthurian Literature MA/PgDip

£ 11,750 VAT inc.