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Master of Arts (Honours) Comparative Literature and Spanish


MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20 AND
Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Spanish Language and Texts 1 20 AND
Spanish Language and Texts 2 20 ) OR
( Spanish for Beginners 1 20 AND
Spanish for Beginners 2 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options )

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
Good and Evil 20 AND
Journeys 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

OR with the approval of the UG Comparative Literature Programme Director, a pass in one of CO2001 or CO2002 and 20 credits in a cognate subject.

If credits are taken in a cognate subject an average of grade 11 or better across these and the CL modules must be achieved to guarantee honours entry.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • Average of grade 11 or better OR With the approval of the UG Comparative Literature Programme Director, a pass in one of CO2001, CO2002 and 20 credits in cognate subject with an average of grade 11 or better across these and the CL credits.
MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
( Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20 OR
Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20 ) AND
Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 11 in all Spanish modules taken.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module Grouping: CO3000 - CO3019 AND
Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations I 15
Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations 2 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module Grouping: CO3020 - CO3049, CO4002 - CO4049
CO3020 Cultural Memory and Literature 15
CO3021 Crossing the Mediterranean 15
CO4002 The Literary Canon 15
CO4003 Issues in Cultural Studies 15
CO4020 Literature and the Bible 15
Autobiography and the Visual Arts 15
CO4022 Illness and Literature 15
CO4024 Performing Early-Modern Sexualities 15
Classicism in European Literature 15
CO4027 Folk and Fairy Tales 15
Great Works and their Adapations 15
CO4029 Science and Culture in European Modernisms 15
The Short Story 15
Experiences of Exile 15
CO4032 Bad Books 15
CO4033 Essays, Manifestos, and Epigrams 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Spanish Language 1 15 AND
Spanish Language 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (except SP4098, SP4099, SP4102), ML3201
Literary Translation 15
History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Subject to the approval of any other School involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme

The students must take a minimum of 90 credits and a maximum of 150 credits in Spanish across Third and Fourth Years.

MA (Hons) Comparative Literature (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: CO3020 - CO3049, CO4002 - CO4049, CO4098 - CO4099, ML4794
CO3020 Cultural Memory and Literature 15
CO3021 Crossing the Mediterranean 15
CO4002 The Literary Canon 15
CO4003 Issues in Cultural Studies 15
CO4020 Literature and the Bible 15
Autobiography and the Visual Arts 15
CO4022 Illness and Literature 15
CO4024 Performing Early-Modern Sexualities 15
Classicism in European Literature 15
CO4027 Folk and Fairy Tales 15
Great Works and their Adapations 15
CO4029 Science and Culture in European Modernisms 15
The Short Story 15
Experiences of Exile 15
CO4032 Bad Books 15
CO4033 Essays, Manifestos, and Epigrams 15
Short Dissertation in Comparative Literature 15
Long Dissertation in Comparative Literature 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
( Spanish Language 3 15 AND
Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (excluding SP4099 and SP4102), ML3201, ID4002 (by interview) ) OR
Literary Translation 15
History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
SP4102 Semester with Study Abroad in Spain
Not running in 2021-2022
30 AND
( Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30 OR
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list 15 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299, ID4002 )
Literary Translation 15
History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
SP4102 Semester with Study Abroad in Spain 30
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Subject to the approval of any other School involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme

Access to the pathway with SP4004 and SP4102 requires the permission of the School of the Joint Subject.

The students must take a minimum of 90 credits and a maximum of 150 credits in Spanish across Third and Fourth Years.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).