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Course Description
Medieval Language, Literature and Culture (M.Phil.)
- Course Code: 671
- Duration: One year, full-time
- Closing Date: 30 June annually
- Application: Applications should be addressed directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
- Course Director(s): Prof. Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
- Email: enchllnn@tcd.ie
- Telephone: +353-1-896 1360
- Url: www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-cultures/postgraduate/medieval_language/
Course Description:
This interdisciplinary course is designed for well-qualified graduates who wish to extend their interest in medieval studies. The flexible structure of the course allows students to construct their degree around their particular areas of interest, while acquiring both the technical expertise to investigate primary medieval documents and an insight into the complexities of medieval culture generally. Students will have the opportunity to be taught not only by Trinity staff but also by visiting lecturers from other internationally renowned institutions.
In the Michaelmas term students take four core courses: Research Methodology; Medieval Thought; Medieval Culture and Society; and a language chosen from: Elementary Classical Latin, Medieval Latin, Old English, Middle English, Italian, Medieval German, Medieval French, Old Irish.
In the Hilary and Trinity terms students follow two options. Currently these include: Chaucer; The Englishhyng of ‘fyn amor’; Women in Medieval Drama; Language and Genre; Varieties of Comedy in Dante and Boccaccio; ‘Wild’ Women in Medieval Liteature; Old English Poetry; Old English Prose; Arthurian Heroes; Chivalry in Life and Literature; Perceptions of Islam; Late Medieval French Poetry; The Old French ‘récit bref’; Music in European Monasteries, Cathedrals and Courts; Music and Liturgy of the Medieval Irish Church; Medieval Philosophy; Introduction to Early Medieval Ireland; Vergil in the Middle Ages; Text and Image; Old Irish poetry; Early Irish Law.
The course concludes with a 20,000 word dissertation to be submitted by 31st August.
Students are encouraged to supplement their studies by attending the Seminar Programme organized by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.