MA Celtic and Scottish Literature
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: English Literature or combined English at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Celtic and Scottish Literature, an English Literature and Celtic degree focusing on the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Celtic world and Scotland. The four-year programme includes options to study Scottish Gaelic and take courses in other areas of the humanities and social sciences. The first year covers poetry, drama, prose, and Scottish ethnology alongside introductory courses such as Celtic Civilisation 1A: Barbarians, Saints and Scholars and Celtic Civilisation 1B: Domination, Dislocation and Defiance, with choices between a Scottish Gaelic language pathway and a Celtic civilisation pathway. The second year builds on this with modules including Heroes, Wonders, Saints and Sagas and Songs, Swords, Rebels and Revivals, examining medieval Welsh and Irish material alongside texts from Gaelic Scotland and Ireland. Later years offer specialised modules such as Haunted Imaginations: Scotland and the Supernatural, Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry, Celtic Revivals: Writing on the Periphery, 1890-1939, Joyce and style, and Poetry and Northern Ireland.
Modules
- Scottish Gaelic language pathway
- Celtic civilisation pathway
- Celtic Civilisation 1A: Barbarians, Saints and Scholars
- Celtic Civilisation 1B: Domination, Dislocation and Defiance
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and English language
- European languages and cultures
- Asian studies
- Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Heroes, Wonders, Saints and Sagas - covers medieval Welsh and Irish material
- Songs, Swords, Rebels and Revivals - looks at texts from Gaelic Scotland and Early Modern and Modern Ireland
- Haunted Imaginations: Scotland and the Supernatural
- Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry
- Celtic Revivals: Writing on the Periphery, 1890-1939
- Joyce and style
- Poetry and Northern Ireland