MA French

Course details

The taught MA in French is aimed at graduates with a primary honours degree in French, with a minimum of 2.2 or equivalent, who have spent a year in France, or who have equivalent expertise in French language. It is designed for graduates of French who wish to take their study of French language, literature and culture to a deeper level and to enhance their language skills. A significant proportion of the course is delivered and assessed through French. Core teaching involves modules on writing and presentation skills in French, practical translation and research methodology. The course is designed around the theme of writing and exile, a topic that corresponds to departmental research expertise in the modern and early modern periods. There are elective modules (taught through English) in women's writing, translation studies and conflict studies. The minor thesis (15,000-20,000 words) involves independent research and collaboration with a supervisor on an agreed subject.

Entry Requirements

Candidates normally must have as a minimum an Honours degree with 2.2 in French, or equivalent (e.g. licence ès lettres). It is expected that students will also have spent a minimum of 1 year in a French-speaking environment. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.

Minimum English language requirements:

• IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
• TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
• TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
• PTE (Pearson): 62

Semester 1

• Obligatory:
• FR615 Advanced writing and presentation skills in French,
• FR618 and FR631 Narratives of exile x 2,
• ML610 research methodology,
• FR630 narratives of conflict in 20th century France.

Semester 2

• Obligatory:
• FR625 practical translation,
• FR629 and FR617 narratives of exile x 2. Obligatory:
• FR699 minor thesis in semesters 1 and 2. FR698A Oral presentation and defence of minor thesis, in summer.

MOdule

Year 1

• APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION STUDIES
• TRADUCTION PRATIQUE
• ORAL PRESENTATION & DEFENCE OF MINOR THESIS
• CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN WOMEN'S WRITING
• THESIS
• ECRIRE L'EXIL 4/NARRATIVES OF EXILE 4
• EXPRESSION ÉCRITE ET ORALE POUR ÉTUDIANTS DE MAITRISE/ADVANCED WRITING AND PRESENTATION SKILLS IN FRENCH
• INTRODUCTION TO INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
• ECRIRE L'EXIL 3/NARRATIVES OF EXILE 3
• NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT IN GERMAN CULTURE
• RESEARCH SKILLS / RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• ECRIRE L'EXIL 1
• NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT IN 20TH-CENTURY FRANCE: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS.
• ECRIRE L'EXIL 2
• NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT (SPAIN)
• NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT (LATIN AMERICA)