MA Italian and English 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 Italian and English Literature, an English Literature and Italian degree focused on language learning alongside literary study. Students spend the third year abroad in Italy, studying or working across options such as Bologna, Florence, Rome and Venice. No prior knowledge of Italian is required for entry. The first year covers poetry, drama, prose alongside linguistics and English language. The second year introduces modules including Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora and Crime and Detection in Literature. The third year involves a period abroad spent studying at a single institution, completing two semesters, or working through established schemes. The fourth year advances linguistic competence through spoken Italian - discussing, reflecting and presenting on Italian culture, politics and society, essay and creative writing, and Italian-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts.
Modules
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- linguistics and English language
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- Bologna
- Catania
- Florence
- Milan
- Pisa
- Rome
- Siena
- Verona
- Venice
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
- apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- spoken Italian - discussing, reflecting and presenting on Italian culture, politics and society
- essay and creative writing
- Italian-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts