Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics

MASTER OF ARTS (MA) SPANISH

This programme targets graduates who hold a BA in Spanish from UWI or a valid equivalent degree from another University. It is a part-time programme which students are normally required to complete in a minimum period of 3 calendar years.

The criteria for eligibility are as follows:

• At least a Lower Second Class Honours degree from UWI or the equivalent;
• Candidates must have read and passed at least 4 courses in Hispanic Literature in Years II and III of the BA in Spanish, all at or above Grade B;
• Candidates who do not satisfy the aforementioned requirements may be allowed to take a qualifying examination.

Requirements for the Degree

MA Spanish students read one year-long course, two Theory courses, and four Hispanic Literature courses.

• HUMN 6699 Methods of Research and Literary Scholarship (year-long)
• SPAN 6008 Advanced Literary Theory
• SPAN 6009 Issues in Contemporary Literary Theory

Any four of the following semester-long courses, as available, must be read for the MA. SPAN courses offered may vary from year to year.

• SPAN 6007 Narcotrafficking in Contemporary Colombian Narrative
• SPAN 6039 From Autobiography to Testimonial: Narratives of the Authority, Self and Community
• SPAN 6299 Caribbean Baroque: Góngora in the New World?
• SPAN 6399 Revolution and Society in Spanish America
• SPAN 6499 The Spanish American Short Story
• SPAN 6599 Social and Political Thought in the Spanish American Essay
• SPAN 6799 20th Century Venezuelan Poetry
• SPAN 6899 Urbanization, Ecology and Quality of Life in Spanish American Narrative
• SPAN 6999 African-Caribbean Literature in Spanish

A Reading Field and a Research Paper must be completed:

• One Reading Field (the list provided to students at beginning of programme). The seminar presentation must be made before the start of Semester 3 of the course of study.
• One Research Paper of approximately 10,000 to 15,000 words for 12 credits (submitted at the end of Year 2 by November).

Find out more about research in progress and the titles of some completed postgraduate (MA, MPhil and PhD) theses in Spanish.