2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Critical and Cultural Theory (English Studies)
| Programme code: | MA-ENGL/C&CT | UCAS code: | |
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| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Sam Durrant | Contact address: | s.r.durrant@leeds.ac.uk |
This programme is available to UK and EU applicants for part time study (over 2 academic years). Please contact pgtenglish@leeds.ac.uk for further information.
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Good honours degree (First or 2:i or its equivalent) in English or Critical/Cultural Studies, or a degree scheme including English or Critical/Cultural Studies, or in a related subject.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of English
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of English
Programme specification:
The programme teaches the value of theoretical ‘approach’ and allows students to experience the relevance of Critical, Cultural and Literary Theory as it has emerged and been developed across a number of diverse fields. Building on research specialisms in critical theory, there will be a marked emphasis on the psychoanalysis of culture and on continental philosophy from Kant and Hegel through to Adorno and Derrida, a tradition of thought not usually emphasised in Anglo-American philosophy departments (including our own) but which is heavily drawn upon by literary critics. The programme is underpinned by three interrelated themes: the ethics of representation; orientations of body and nation; the politics and aesthetics of the unconscious. As well as being shared intellectual commitments of the core teaching staff, these themes are absolutely contemporary and yet also enable access to the history of theory and its crucial interaction with literature, culture and politics. While the primary emphasis is on theory’s interaction with literature, students are also exposed to theoretical developments in film, photography, music and theatre and performance art.
Chosen research projects / dissertation topics must lay within the field of Critical and Cultural Theory.
This distinctive programme allows students to develop an existing enthusiasm for Critical and Cultural Theory and to explore further those areas of the subject which may not have figured significantly in their undergraduate programme. It affords an excellent platform for work at doctoral level.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates willl be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| ENGL5841M | Studying English: Research Methods | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL5842M | Research Project | 60 credits | 1 Feb to 30 Sep |
Optional modules:
Candidates must take a minimum of 60 credits and a maximum of 90 credits from the list of programme-specific option modules listed below and/or a maximum of 30 credits from the list of all available English modules.
| ENGL5345M | Reading (with) Psychoanalysis | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL5346M | So Where do you come from? Selves, Families, Stories | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL5831M | Feeling Time | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL5833M | The Magic of Mimesis | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL5847M | War, Mourning, Memory: 1914-1939 | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Please note that this is an indicative module list. A different selection of modules is offered each year.
Elective modules:
Up to 30 credits of discovery modules may be taken.
Last updated: 26/04/2017
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