Reception and Critical Theory

Faculty of Arts - Uni of Bristol

Master

In Bristol

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Duration

    2 Years

To give students the best possible training in reception and critical theory and will equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary for understanding works of art through their reception by historically and culturally situated readers, viewers and listeners. Students will learn how an understanding of reception transforms our approach to study in the arts and humanities, through a sustained engagement with critical theory. Suitable for students who, without necessarily aiming to go on to doctoral research, wish to spend a year pursuing an interest in the important issues raised by theories of reception (how do we interpret visual art from cultures not our own? Is it possible to read 'as a woman' or 'as a man'? Does our history - personal or national - determine our response to a piece of music?).

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Location

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Bristol (Avon)
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Faculty Of Arts, University Of Bristol, 7 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB

Start date

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About this course

Normally an upper second-class Honours degree in an appropriate Arts / Humanities subject.

Applications from less recent graduates and mature students without these qualifications will be considered if candidates can make a sufficiently strong case for their ability to take on this intellectually challenging programme.
IELTS score: 6.5 in all bands

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Course programme

MA in Reception and Critical Theory

Mode: part-time

This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary body of thought will be understood as an interrelated set of 'tools' for understanding the factors - historical, cultural, material; gendered, raced, classed; technological, linguistic, and semiotic - which determine how audiences make sense of artworks.

The degree has been designed as an introduction to graduate research in the arts and humanities.

Programme Structure

First Semester

  • Core course in Theories and Methods
  • Two optional units

Second Semester

  • Core course in History, Time and the Archive
  • Two optional units

A range of optional units on reception-related topics wll be offered across the Faculty of Arts. All will allow you to develop your individual theoretical and critical interests further, while also providing important training in discipline-specific skills. You will benefit not only from the excellence of the individual schools and subject areas in the Faculty of Arts (many of which have an international reputation in the field of reception), but also from Bristol's existing and very strong commitment to interdisciplinarity in research and teaching. Some units in the School of Modern Languages will only be open to students with a certain level of reading fluency in the relevant language.

Dissertation
You will pursue individual research on a subject of your choice under the guidance of an appropriate supervisor and submit a dissertation of around 15,000 words.

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