| MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE |
The graduate programme in Literature is intended to enable the graduates to acquire an adequate understanding of the disciplines of knowledge. The graduates are supposed to master the subject matter of their special field and to become aware of the new frontiers of knowledge in their field.
In addition to the Common University entry requirement for M.Phil degrees, the candidate must have at least a Second Class Honours B.A or B.Ed degree or their equivalents in Literature or Literature and Linguistics.
First Semester
| Course Code |
Title |
| LIT 810 |
Principles and Practice of Critism I (Core) |
| LIT 811 |
Life and Thought in the 19th and 20th Centuries I |
| LIT 816 |
Literature and Society in the West Indies |
| LIT 818 |
Research Methods I (Core) |
Second Semester
| Code |
Title |
| LIT 810 |
Principles and Practice of Critism II (Core) |
| LIT 811 |
Life and Thought in the 19th and 20th Centuries II |
| LIT 812 |
Tragedy |
| LIT 819 |
Research Methods in Oral Literature (Core) |
3 |
Third Semester
| Code |
Title |
| |
Research and Thesis |
Fourth Semester
| Code |
Title |
| LIT 815 |
General and Regional Studies in African Literature |
In addition to the above, courses based on the following areas of interest to members of the Department will be laid on from time to time, whenever they are considered relevant to the thesis topic chosen by a candidate:
- Oral Literature
- Afro-American Literature
- American Literature
- Third World Literature
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