The Centre announces the award of up to two scholarships worth £2,500 each, in the form of remission of fees, for this one-year taught Master’s programme in the heart of London. For full information about these awards, deadlines, and how to apply, please visit:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/funding/database/index.php?action=view&id=547
Applicants for this programme may also be eligible for separate funding opportunities offered by King’s for Master’s students, please visit
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources/pgt.aspx
A Master’s degree consists of 180 credits. All students write a Dissertation of 10,000 words, which has a credit-value of 60. The remaining 120 credits are made up of taught courses (called modules). The degree is available in either of two pathways: Literature or Sociolinguistics.
LITERATURE PATHWAY
Courses available in Semester 1 (all 20 credits)
- Poetic geography: landmarks of the nation in the modern Greek poetic tradition, 1821-1940
- Linguistic analysis of modern Greek narrative
- C.P. Cavafy: the making of a modernist
Courses available in Semester 2 (all 20 credits)
- Greek Modernism and the epic tradition (1900-1960)
- Modernism and music (1909-1939)
- plus one further 20-credit module to be selected from the MA programme in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, the MA programme in Comparative Literature, or another programme subject to departmental approval
Course available in Semesters 1 and 2 (40 credits, subject to demand)
- 7AABMA20 Practical criticism [PT]
For those without an advanced knowledge of Modern Greek, 40 credits of modules may be replaced, at the discretion of the programme tutor, by: Semesters 1-2: Advanced Modern Greek (40 credits)
To apply for this MA programme, and for information on eligibility etc., please follow this link.
SOCIOLINGUISTICS PATHWAY
Courses available in Semester 1 (all 20 credits)
- Linguistic analysis of modern Greek narrative
- Language, identity and culture
Courses available in Semester 1 (all 20 credits)
- Linguistic approaches to narrative analysis
Both semesters
- additional courses to be selected from either the list for the Literature pathway above, or any of the Master’s programmes offered in the Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication
For those without an advanced knowledge of Modern Greek, 40 credits of modules may be replaced, at the discretion of the programme tutor, by: Semesters 1-2: Advanced Modern Greek (40 credits)
BOTH PATHWAYS
For those without an advanced knowledge of Modern Greek, 40 credits of modules may be replaced, at the discretion of the programme tutor, by:
Semesters 1-2: Advanced Modern Greek (40 credits)
To apply for this MA programme, and for information on eligibility etc., please follow this link.
Full details of all these courses (modules) can be found at:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/modules/level4/2014-15.aspx
For additional information, please consult chs@kcl.ac.uk or the admissions tutor, Professor Roderick Beaton, at rod.beaton@kcl.ac.uk
Roderick Beaton
Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature
Director, Centre for Hellenic Studies
King’s College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
UK
tel. 0044 20 7848 2517
Webpage: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/people/academic/beaton/index.aspx
Byron’s War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution (CUP, April 2013): http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item7127689/?site_locale=en_GB
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