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.

Research proposal

Candidates are required to provide an outline of the proposed research subject in about 1000 words. This need not be a final thesis proposal but should include:

• a straightforward, descriptive, and informative title
• the question that your research will address
• an account of why this question is important and worth investigating
• an assessment of how your own research will engage with recent study in the subject
• a brief account of the methodology and approach you will take
• a discussion of the primary sources that your research will draw upon, including printed books, manuscripts, archives, libraries, or museums
• an indicative bibliography of secondary sources that you have already consulted and/or are planning to consult

Your application, including your references and research proposal, will be passed to members of staff whose expertise and research interests most closely match the area of your proposed study.

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:

• Contemporary Italian fiction, its translation and reception
• Emotions and the history of modern Italy
• Feminism and translation
• Italian neo avant-garde
• Literature and translation (multilingual fiction, self translation, theatre translation)
• Literature, visual art and theatre in 19th-20th century Europe
• Modern Italian literature and culture
• Modern Italian poetry
• Women and modern Italy (history, fiction and journalism)

Information for international students

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)

• 7.0 with no sub-test under 7.0.
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.