M. Phil in Literary Translation - Dissertation
An important part of your assessment, counting for 30% of the overall credit, is a dissertation. During the first term following enrolment, and in any event, before the Christmas vacation, you should choose a dissertation title. Although you are free to select a subject on any translation related topic (theory, practice or a commented translation of your own), you must also find a supervisor willing and able to supervise your work and agree the title with the course director. Naturally, the work should be original and your own, and you should take care not to duplicate topics already dealt with by other researchers. You may not resubmit work submitted for another degree. The finished dissertation should be approximately 20,000 words long.
Please see the following timeline as a guideline for dissertation supervision and submission:
The following dissertation timeline will apply for students registered on the M.Phil in Literary Translation from 10/11
- research methods 1 (in MT): handout for endnotes, bibliographical skills
- find a supervisor who is able/willing to supervise thesis and portfolio in a given area (end MT)
- submit a dissertation proposal to the supervisor by the beginning of HT
- research methods 2 (in HT): research questions, engaging with secondary sources
- meet with peers and give presentations on dissertation throughout HT
- meet with supervisor until end statutory term (July 2nd)
- submit at least one chapter by end HT and at least one more by end statutory term
- except in exceptional circumstances and with prior agreement of the course director, the supervision process for dissertations ends at the end of statutory term.
- start working on your portfolios as early as MT and then throughout HT and submit by 31st May.
By agreement with a supervisor, a dissertation may be an annotated translation
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