Romance Languages and Literatures, MA
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME’S Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures offers master’s degrees in
French and Francophone studies, Iberian and Latin American
studies, and Italian studies. These degree programs are designed
to prepare students for careers in scholarship, teaching,
and related fields, such as international studies and foreign
service. Students interested in pursuing the PhD in Literature
degree with French and Francophone, Iberian and Latin American,
or Italian studies as a primary field should consult the PhD
in Literature Program profile for further information.
Notre Dame’s internationally recognized centers and
institutes—the Nanovic Institute for European Studies,
the Devers Program in Dante Studies, the Gender Studies Program,
the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, the Kellogg
Institute for International Studies, and the Medieval Institute—regularly
host prestigious scholars whose seminars, lectures, and workshops
provide unparalleled resources for students in Romance languages.
The faculty of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
encompass a broad scope of professional and scholarly interests.
They have been awarded fellowships and grants from the Fulbright
Commission, the Lilly Foundation, and the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH).
Qualified undergraduates from the University of Notre Dame
may fulfill the requirements for both the BA and MA in a period
of five years and should apply to the graduate program by
contacting the director of graduate studies during their junior
year.
The Program in French and Francophone Studies
The MA program in French offers a wide range of courses,
from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the twentieth
century. Covering a variety of topics, genres and critical
approaches, the program aims to build a strong base in both
the language and literature, by allowing the student to create
a personalized course of study.
Recent additions to a library collection being aggressively
developed include the Maclure Collection of French Revolutionary
Materials, the French Revolution/ Eighteenth Century, and
Fin de Siècle/Symbolist periodicals.
The Program in Iberian and Latin American Studies
The MA program in Spanish illuminates both the peninsular
and Latin American traditions across the centuries. A sampling
of the curriculum shows courses on medieval poetry, master
works of medieval and Renaissance Spain, avant-garde Spanish
literature, colonial Latin American chronicles, Gaucho poetry,
the evolution of the nineteenth-century Latin American novel,
Latin American modernist poetry, and contemporary Mexican
and Southern Cone countries’ literature, to name a few.
Recently Notre Dame has acquired the Jose Durand library,
one of the finest collections of Spanish American colonial
materials in the United States, and the Borges collection,
the second most important library in the country on the Argentine
author.
The Program in Italian Studies
The program in Italian studies provides an interdisciplinary
approach to the study of Italian culture and offers a wide
range of courses covering the entire spectrum of Italian literary
history, combined with allied courses in art history, architecture,
comparative literature, cultural studies, film, literary theory,
history, philosophy, and music. Students are encouraged to
adapt the program to their individual needs and interests
in close collaboration with the faculty. First-year Italian
studies MA candidates are eligible for the Ravarino Summer
Study in Italy travel grants of up to $3,500.
Notre Dame is home to the outstanding John A. Zahm Dante
Collection—one of the finest in North America—as
well as to the Medieval Institute, an internationally renowned
center for medieval studies, which includes among its holdings
the medieval and Renaissance manuscripts of the Biblioteca
Ambrosiana in microfilm.
The William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies,
together with the Program in Italian Studies, regularly sponsors
visiting professorships, conferences, research and travel
grants, lecture series, seminars, print and electronic publications
of scholarly research. For more information on the Devers
Program in Dante Studies, visit the website at http://www.dante.nd.edu.
Visit the Department
of Romance Languages and Literature website for more
information. Or, review application
deadlines and GRE subject test requirements.
Contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Theodore
Cachey, with additional questions:
Romance Languages and Literature
343 O’Shaughnessy Hall
phone: (574) 631-5651
e-mail: cachey.1@nd.edu
fax: (574) 631-3493
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