Master of Arts in Literature
Admission Requirements
To qualify for admission into a Masters of Arts in General Linguistics, applicants shall be:
(i) Holders of at least a Bachelor’s degree Second Class Honours, Upper Division in either B.A in Literature, or B.ED Arts in English and Literature in English from Maseno University.
(ii) Holders of a relevant Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature degree of any other recognized University.
In addition to the above, applicants must meet the specific requirements of the Masters degree programme as approved by Senate.
A duly registered candidate shall be required to pursue his/her programme of study within the stipulated duration, under instruction or supervision by academic staff approved by Senate.
Courses
YEAR 1 SEMESTER 1
SEMESTER I
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ALI 801 |
Research Methodology |
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ALI 803 |
Advanced Literary Theory and Criticism (CORE) |
ELECTIVES (Three courses from the List below)
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ALI 805 |
Gender and Literary Studies |
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ALI 807 |
Orature |
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ALI 809 |
African Special Author |
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ALI 811 |
Non-African Special Author |
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ALI 813 |
Nonsense Literature |
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ALI 815 |
New Writing |
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ALI 817 |
Literature and Performance |
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ALI 819 |
Comparative Studies in African American African Literature |
YEAR 1 SEMESTER II
The students will take TWO cores and any THREE electives from the list below:
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ALI 802 |
Proposal and Thesis Writing |
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ALI 804 |
Advanced Literary Stylistics and Criticism |
ELECTIVES (Three courses from the List below)
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ALI 806 |
Environmental Literature |
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ALI 808 |
Literature and Journalism |
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ALI 810 |
Literature and the Historical Process |
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ALI 812 |
Genre Studies |
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ALI 814 |
Children’s Literature |
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ALI 816 |
Creative Writing |
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ALI 818 |
Tragedy |
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ALI 820 |
Epic |
YEAR 2 SEMESTERS 1 AND 2
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ALI 899 |
Research and Thesis Writing |