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French
| Awards available | MPhil MLitt PhD |
|---|---|
| Duration of programme | MPhil: one year full-time; two years part-time MLitt: two years full-time; four years part-time PhD: three years full-time six years part-time. |
| Number of places | Not fixed |
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Programme overview
The Department of French is committed to research innovation and excellence in major aspects of French Studies. The Department has particular strengths in the medieval, early modern period, visual-textual relations, 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century literature, cultural history and politics. We collaborate extensively with other departments, especially in the fields of Visual and Literary Cultures, Conflict and Culture, Medieval Studies, English and Comparative Literature, and the Centre for Postcolonial Studies.
The Department is currently home to a British Academy Postdoctoral Award and brings together a cluster of PhD students working in medieval and modern French literature and culture studies.
Each research student is assigned to an academic working in their proposed area of research or related field, and also benefits from the input of a second supervisor who may be from another department, depending on the interdisciplinary nature of the project. The Department is a regional centre for the Group for War and Culture Studies, and runs the Centre for the Study of Visual and Literary Cultures in France. A number of our staff are editors of leading journals and active in subject associations. A network of partnerships has been set up with French universities and a 'cotutelle' arrangement for doctoral students may be possible in certain cases. Postgraduate students can benefit also from an exchange agreement with the Ecole Normale Superieure (rue d'Ulm), or take an exchange lecteur post at the Universite de Bordeaux III.
Research students are leading initiatives in the editing of postgraduate creative writing and in the organisation of a postgraduate seminar series in literary and visual landscapes.
Entry requirements
MPhil: An upper second-class degree (or international equivalent).
Mlitt/PhD: A pass at MA level (or international equivalent).
For information on international equivalent qualifications, please see our International Office website.
Admissions statement
Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process and supporting documents required.
Key research interests
Dr Marianne Ailes, Medieval French literature, especially the chansons de geste and early vernacular chronicles.
Dr Edward Forman, Ethical aspects of tragedy, particularly Racine; French stage music in the 17th and early 20th centuries.
Professor Susan Harrow, Visual and literary cultures; ekphrastics; Zola; modern French poetry. Past President of the Society for French Studies.
Dr Martin Hurcombe, 20th-century political cultures and representations of war in France, and travel writing.
Professor Gino Raymond, 20th-century and contemporary French society, politics, ideas, and the literature of commitment.
Dr Nick Rees-Roberts, Contemporary film and cultural studies, including representations of fashion.
Dr Siobhán Shilton, Francophone postcolonial studies; visual-textual relations; the Arab Spring in visual culture.
Dr Bradley Stephens, Cultures of 'engagement' in the 19th and 20th centuries; theories and practices of adaptation.
Dr Rowan Tomlinson, Renaissance literature and culture, particularly the poetics and politics of French vernacular writing in the 16th century.
Application deadline: Not fixed
Get in touch
Email: artf-gradschool-admissions@bristol.ac.uk
Web: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/gradschool
International students
English-language requirements: 6.5 overall with at least 6.5 in each band, in addition to the standard entry requirements.
Find information for international students on eligibility, funding options and studying at Bristol.
Fees and funding
2014/15 fees
Full-time: UK/EU £3,939;
overseas £13,400
Fees quoted are provisional, per annum and subject to annual increase.
Funding options
AHRC funding and scholarships information is available on the Faculty Scholarships page.
Further information on funding for prospective UK, EU and international postgraduate students is available from the Student Funding Office website.
Research Assessment Score
Unit of Assessment 52 applies. See Complete RAE listings for University of Bristol for further details.
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