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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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The Freshman years
Over the Junior and Senior Freshman (first two) years a range
of modules provides you with an introduction to a variety of
critical theories, practices and approaches to literature. You will
primarily concentrate on selected prescribed texts.
Examples of Freshman modules include:
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Theories of literature
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Irish writing
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Enlightenment
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Romanticism
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Genre: The novel
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Medieval and Renaissance romance
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Shakespeare: Text, stage, screen
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Introduction to postcolonial literature
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Victorianism
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Introduction to Modernism
The Sophister years
In the Junior and Senior Sophister (third and fourth) years, you
will choose most of your modules from a wide range of specialist
options. By fourth year, modules are taught at an advanced level
by seminar only.
Examples of Sophister modules may include:
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Literature of the American South
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Ulysses in contexts
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African and Caribbean literature
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Irish writer and society
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Post-war British fiction
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20th century women novelists
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Shakespeare and sexuality
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Modernism
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American letters
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Children’s literature
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Popular literature
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Contemporary Irish literature
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Creative writing
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Dissertation
Assessment
Assessment is by a combination of submitted essays or
dissertation and end-of-year examinations. The weighting is
approximately 50% submitted work and 50% exams.
Did you know?
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Trinity College Dublin is ranked 14th in the world
in English Language & Literature (by the QS World
University Rankings 2011).
Study abroad
The School of English has strong international links with many
English departments abroad, including active participation in
the Erasmus exchange programme with universities in Austria,
France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. We also have an
agreement with Dartmouth College in the US, and there are
scholarship opportunities which allow students to spend a year
at prominent US universities, notably Berkeley, Boston College,
and Georgetown.
In addition to the opportunity to study abroad, our exchange
links, which attract many international students, ensure that the
student body in English is vibrant and cosmopolitan.
Career opportunities
The skills of English graduates are much in demand from
employers, especially in journalism, broadcasting, marketing,
retail and business management, publishing and teaching, and
graduates from English often gain professional qualifications in
disciplines as diverse as law, accountancy, public relations and
clinical speech.
The four-year degree provides an outstanding platform for
postgraduate study in English, and usually about 30% of our
graduates go on to read for a higher degree in English (Master’s
degree, PhD degree). Many well-known creative writers are
Trinity College English graduates, including Eavan Boland,
Deirdre Madden, Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, Brendan
Kennelly and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.
Further information
Tel: +353 1 896 1111
Head of School:
Darryl Jones
Tel: +353 1 896 1878
E-mail:
