University of York
Master of Arts in Poetry and Poetics
The Master of Arts in Poetry and Poetics in Arts is offered by University of York.
Program Length: 1 YEAR.
Master of Arts in Poetry and Poetics offered by the University of York
Engage with poetry across cultures and erasStudy widely and deeply in poetry and ideas from the classical period to the present day. Engage with a cross-cultural approach, and place issues of translation and cultural exchange at the heart of the study of poetry from classical to post-colonial poetics.You'll be able to focus on the poem and the poet with an emphasis on theory and form, and be able to construct a distinct, individually chosen programme of study from a wide range of options. This will include the opportunity to take a workshop in poetry writing with our creative writing faculty.Taught and supervised by world-leading scholars, the course will develop your research skills and you'll be able to apply these to a substantial piece of independent research. This will provide you with a foundation for doctoral research, as well as transferable skills for related careers in teaching, publishing, arts management and journalism. You’ll engage with the wider research culture of the Department of English, one of the UK's largest research centres in modern English, and there will be a diverse schedule of seminars, conferences and reading groups for you to attend. You’ll also be part of the Humanities Research Centre, a vibrant interdisciplinary hub which will enable you to form close social and intellectual bonds over the course of your study.
Course contentThe language of the course, and of many of the poets studied, will be English, but you'll also study poetry from a variety of linguistic cultures, and in a wide range of historical contexts. The wide module range includes staff research strengths such as classical and Renaissance poetry, the Romantics and Victorians, and British, Irish and American contemporary writing, as well as old English poetry, symbolism, medieval poetic inheritances, and poetry and art.You'll study modules from a wide range of choices offered by the Department of English and Related Literature and other arts and humanities departments. Some modules will take an interdisciplinary view, others will focus on a particular discipline. You'll also hone your research skills with dedicated training, and complete a research dissertation. You'll study 180 credits in total.ModulesThe core part of the course draws on the expertise in poetry and poetics from classical to modern poetry offered by staff from all of the research schools of the Department of English and Related Literature. It will give you the opportunity to develop your aesthetic discrimination in, and enjoyment of, poetry. You'll acquire a research-led basis for the postgraduate study of poetry and poetics, and be able to write in sophisticated ways about concepts of genre, periodicity, form and poetic language. You'll be able to recognise issues of translation and cross-cultural poetic influence, while gaining an introduction to advanced theoretical issues in contemporary international poetics. You'll also learn valuable research, writing and presentation skills. Topics may include using library and online research resources, use of archives, academic writing and how to get work published.Core modulesYour core modules will cover topics such as:Poetry and PoeticsPostgraduate Life in Practice IPostgraduate Life in Practice II
Option modulesOption modules may cover topics such as:Channel Crossings: French and English PoetryPoetry and the Visual ArtsReading Dante's Comedy: Text and ContextThe Making of Modern Poems: A WorkshopViking PoetryThere are also a wide range of further option modules offered across all the Department's MA programmes which are available to you.You may also choose available modules from other arts and humanities departments.