Research degrees in Comparative Literature
1. Research Degrees
2. Programme of Study
3. Research Training and Seminars
4. Thesis
5. Recent and Current Theses
6. Resources
7. Admission
8. Fees and Funding
Research Degrees
Suitably qualified candidates can study for the degrees of MPhil and PhD in Comparative Literature. Research topics can be in traditional areas of comparative literature or in such fields as literary theory, translation studies, gender studies and interdisciplinary studies.
The PhD requires a minimum of three years' full-time study (four years' part-time). The MPhil is a research degree of the shorter type, normally requiring two years full-time (four years part-time). Students can study on a full-time or part-time basis; part-time non-residential registration is also possible in some cases.
All research students initially register for the MPhil; they can upgrade to the PhD after a minimum of one year's full-time study (or two years part-time), provided their work is of a sufficient standard.
Programme of Study
Research students do not follow a prescribed programme of study but carry out their own research project under the guidance of a Supervisor. Students have both a Principal Supervisor and a Subsidiary Supervisor, and they will normally register in the department of their Principal Supervisor. In the case of joint supervision a student can register in either department.
Research Training and Seminars
In addition to the research training available in individual academic departments, the Centre for Intercultural Studies organises regular seminars for research students and staff working across cultural, disciplinary or linguistic boundaries. Students working in translation studies can attend a specialist Translation Research Summer School.
The UCL Graduate School offers a range of induction and skills training courses for all research students. The Graduate School also hosts two Royal Literary Fund Fellows, professional authors who offer one-to-one tutorials in effective academic writing for both native and non-native speakers of English.
Thesis
Study for the degree of MPhil/PhD in Comparative Literature results in the submission of a thesis. The thesis is a book-length work based on research.
A thesis for the degree of MPhil runs to approximately 60,000 words. It should be either a record of original work or a thorough and critical exposition of existing knowledge in an area of comparative literary study.
A PhD thesis may be up to 100,000 words and must form a distinct contribution to knowledge, show evidence of original thought and research, and be suitable for publication as submitted on in abridged or modified form.
Recent and Current Theses
Recent and current work in the broad area of comparative literature within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities includes theses on such topics as:
- The concept of authenticity in critical debates from German and French existential ontology to the postmodern critique
- The Alien Within. Foreign fiction in German translation during the Nazi regime
- A comparative reading of the poetics of Octavio Paz and T.S. Eliot
- The American reception of French Surrealism
- Babysitting the reader. Translating fiction for girls from English into Dutch in the postwar era
- Travelling Theory: Hélène Cixous in the English-speaking world, Roland Barthes in Turkey
- Comparing the literary and philosophical theories of Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty
- The semiotics of Charles Sanders Peirce as a foundation for a theory of translation
- Intertextuality and genre in the translation and reception of David Lodge's campus novels in Spain
- First-person narration in the early modern novel: Sorel's Francion, Grimmelshausen's Courasche and Defoe's Moll Flanders
- Computer-assisted analysis of style, as applied to Virginia Woolf's novels and their French translations
- Taiwanese 'local' literature in English translation [supervisied jointly with SOAS]
Resources
The graduate programme in Comparative Literature draws on the combined expertise of staff in the language and literature departments in UCL's Arts and Humanities Faculty, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). This enables virtually global coverage.
The library resources in central London are unrivalled. Apart from the UCL Library and the University of London Library, there are the specialist collections of SSEES and SOAS, the various research institutes of the University of London (click here for a list) and, beyond these, the British Library. All these collections are within a few minutes' walk of UCL.
Admission
Candidates for a research degree should possess a good MA degree (or equivalent) in a language and literature subject or in another relevant field. Admission is normally dependent on the submission of a detailed research proposal.
Application forms, general information about admission for a research degree at UCL and copies of the Graduate School Prospectus may be obtained from the Admissions Office. Click to access UCL's International Office and the Accommodation Office.
For academic advice contact either the relevant language and literature department or the Comparative Literature academic coordinator.
Fees and Funding
Current fees are listed in the Online Student Handbook. UK and EU nationals can apply for studentships offered by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). All prospective research students can apply for UCL Graduate School Research Scholarships. The UCL Registry provides comprehensive details of sources of funding for all research students.
没有评论:
发表评论