THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

University Homepage
DRPS Homepage
DRPS Search
DRPS Contact
DRPS : DPTs :  School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures DPTs

Degree Programme Table: American Literature (MSc by Research) (Full-time) (PRMSCUSLIT1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Two option courses must be taken in total, one in semester 1, the other in semester 2. Students may choose an option from a different collection with permission of the programme director. Option courses to be taken as Class Only for zero credits.

    Option courses are subject to availability, students may not get their first choices.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CLLC11003 Research Skills and Methods Semester 1 20
    ENLI11046 MSc by Research English Literature I Dissertation Semester 2 60
    ENLI11180 Research Methods and Problems in English Literature (for Research Students) Semester 2 20
    CLLC11137 Supervised Research in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures 1 Semester 1 40
    CLLC11136 Supervised Research in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures 2 Semester 2 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ENLI11140    Enlightenment and Romanticism 1688 - 1815   20  
    ENLI11173    Enlightenment to Entropy: Writing the American Republic from Thomas Jefferson to Henry Adams   20  
    ENLI11052    Poet-Critics: the Style of Modern Poetry   20  
    ENLI11176    Time and Space of Performance   20  
    ENLI11072    Charles Dickens   20  
    ENLI11158    Black American Fiction   20  
    ENLI11077    The Long Summer: Edwardian Texts and Contexts, 1900-1910   20  
    ENLI11094    Cultures of the Book   20  
    ENLI11126    The Reign of Terror: Fear and Loathing in Romantic Literature   20  
    ENLI11204    Modernism: Making It New (Level 11)   20  
    ENLI11201    Sex and God in Victorian Poetry (Level 11)   20  
    ENLI11066    Writing the Body Politic   20  
    ENLI11134    Acts of Story-Telling: Narrator, Text, Audience   20  
    ENLI11137    Neo-imperialisms   20  
    ENLI11190    Literature and the Great War (Level 11)   20  
    ENLI11155    The Autonomy of Performance: Concepts and Crafts   20  
    ENLI11139    Modernism and Empire   20  
    ENLI11150    Representing Northern Ireland   20  

    Notes:Option courses from these collections are taken in "Class Only" mode for zero credits.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ENLI11141    Romanticism and Victorian Society 1815-1900   20  
    ENLI11172    New Beginnings to the End of Days: Writing the American Republic from Reconstruction to 9/11   20  
    THET11037    Science and Religion in Literature   20  
    ENLI11038    Poor Things: Capitalism, Reification and 20th Century Literature   20  
    ENLI11079    Fairy Tales   20  
    ENLI11154    Shakespeare Adapted   20  
    ENLI11193    Green Thoughts: Landscape, Environment and Literature (PG Version)   20  
    ENLI11022    Contemporary American Fiction   20  
    CLLC11125    Theatre, Performance, Performativity   20  
    ENLI11200    Exploring the Novel   20  
    ENLI11102    Modernism before the War   20  
    ENLI11202    Poetry, Politics and Place (Level 11)   20  
    ENLI11090    Working with Collections   20  
    ENLI11153    Writing and Tyranny at the Court of Henry VIII   20  
    ENLI11007    Postcolonial Writing   20  
    ENLI11199    Digital Humanities for Literary Studies   20  
    ENLI11087    Shakespearean Sexualities   20  
    ENLI11061    Contemporary Scottish Fiction   20  
    ENLI11037    The Literary Absolute   20  
    ENLI11041    Shakespeare's Sister: Archival Research and the Politics of the Canon.   20  
    ENLI11101    Critical Theory: Issues and Debates   20  
    ENLI11146    The American Novel, 1920-1960   20  

    Notes:Option courses from these collections are taken in "Class Only" mode for zero credits.
     


    General Disclaimer

    © Copyright 2015 The University of Edinburgh - 18 January 2016 2:01 am