Italian

Entry requirements

Our regular standard of admission is at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1), although candidates will usually also have completed or be undertaking a Masters qualification.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

Staff in Italian are involved in research primarily in the modern period and can provide postgraduate supervision in a range of topics in modern Italian literature and culture.

Our staff expertise is complemented by the broader research environment of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and the College of Arts.

Staff research interests:

• Modern Italian literature and culture
• Women and 20th-century Italy (history, fiction and journalism)
• History and literature of the Italian Resistance to Fascism
• Modern Italian Poetry (especially Eugenio Montale and Edoardo Sanguineti)
• The Italian Neo-Avant-garde
• Emotions and the History of Modern Italy
• Literature and Cultural Identity of Trieste
• Modern Italian Theatre