MA in Eighteenth-Century Studies
Launching in Autumn 2007, we are now recruiting students onto our new MA: The Eighteenth Century: Text, Culture and Society. Itaims to provide one of the country´s finest platforms for advanced and interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century literature. Delivered by research specialists in both the English and History departments, the MA introduces current academic debates and research methods by focussing on the interface between historical and literary approaches to the subject.
Exploring the issues raised by the interdisciplinary study of the Eighteenth Century, we work with a range of sources to contextualise works in detail, and to initiate wider thematic discussions. We examine a variety of source materials, from novels and poetry, through newspapers and letters, to paintings and artefacts. We consider a range of interpretative issues in the handling of such texts, and locate our readings of eighteenth-century sources within the latest literary, historiographical and methodological debates.
The MA draws upon the research expertise of staff in the `long´ British Eighteenth Century (roughly, from the `Restoration´ of 1660 to the `Revolutions´ of the Romantic and early Nineteenth Century period). That research is backed-up by substantial research facilities, from the library´s own eighteenth-century MS holdings through to the latest electronic media (including ECCO). Our track-record in the field, aside from numerous prestigious publications, includes successful conferences, seminars and the development of advanced electronic resources. The MA delivers advanced skills training across the board, applicable to many varied career paths, and many of our students proceed to work at PhD level in the field.
Course content
In addition to the 15,000 word Dissertation you write on a subject of your own choosing at the end of the programme, there is a core module: The Eighteenth Century: Research Approaches, and then you take 90 credits from English and/or History modules such as:
- The Rise of The Gothic, 1790-1890 (English 30 credits);
- Early Women’s Writing (English 30 credits);
- Romantic Ireland (English 30 credits);
- Women's Writing and tbe Politics of Romanticism (English 30 Credits);
- Renaissance Poets and the English Revolution (English 30 credits);
- Eighteenth-Century Scottish Verse (English 30 Credits);
- The Uses of Space, 1650-1800 (History 15 credits);
- Gendering Early Modern England (History 15 credits);
- Arguments about Eighteenth-Century Crime (History 15 credits);
- Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early Modern England (History 15 credits);
- Eighteenth-Century British American Colonies (History 15 credits);
- Palaeography (History 15 credits).
- Communities and Sociabilities in Early Modern Europe (History 15 credits).
Assessment:
Essays, 15,000-word dissertation.
Please contact the programme director, Dr Hamish Mathison, for further details:
email : h.mathison@sheffield.ac.uk
Entry requirements
Students wishing to take this degree should have a good first degree (2.i or above) in English literature, language, linguistics, or a related discipline (e.g. history, philosophy, modern Languages).
International students whose first language is not English are required to provide proof of English language proficiency. For example, students may have an IELTS certificate (7.5 minimum) or a ToEFL certificate (paper test: 630 minimum score, with a Written English Score of 5; computer test: 267 with a Written English Score of 5).
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