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Aug. 29th, 2009 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhameiaIt's time to look for a grad school.
Seriously.
Stuff I'm looking at:
McMaster University - Cultural Studies and Critical Theory MA
Looks pretty funky and this year's subjects are stuff I'm actually interested in. No guarantee they'll be offering the same courses next year but I'll take a shot.
University of Alberta - Comparative Literature, in the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
Steampunk Scholar is actually doing his doctorate here, under this degree. He told me that from what he's seen of my writing, I'll fit right in. I'm not sure I can handle learning another language. I'm horrible with languages unless I take it really slow.
University of Toronto - Collaborative Masters in Asia-Pacific Studies
This looks really cool except I'd have to pick a "home department" (only one of which I'm interested in: Women's Studies). I'll think on this. May not happen though.
ETA
Wilfred Laurier University - MA in English
The faculty looks pretty awesome.
University of Hawaii Manoa - MA in English
So does this faculty staff. Interestingly, they have a MA CW program in which students can take on a CW project and then undergo questioning on how their CW project fits into their research. ... Which admittedly sounds like my cup of tea! Description: Students in Creative Writing complete their M.A. with a creative thesis, which they are then asked to place, in their oral thesis defense, within the context of other works in the same genre.
IS THAT NOT AWESOME?
Suggestions for other schools are also welcome.
What I'm looking to do:
I'd like to stick to my English Lit roots of engaging critically with text, although this time, I'll be looking at it from a more SEA perspective. Part of this includes:
1) I'm a bit confused/miffed at the whole "post-colonialism" thing, because it assumes that there's a "colonialism" period (which there totally is!) and if post-colonialism is important, why not colonialism? I ask this because we all know, in colonial countries, that the colonizers have left an indelible mark, and it seems remiss to not explore the voices of the colonized from that time period.
2) The intersection of race theory within Western discourses and how race is explored within most western literature, if at all. If it isn't what does the silence say? If it is, what is said about it?
3) The manifestations of race within current literature, particularly scifi/fantasy and their subgenres. This may end up being a project of mine cataloging stuff, and it's totally being written about now, but I'd like to explore this from a more academic PoV.
In fact, a syncretization of all of these topics would probably end up happening, because I can't really deal with one without dealing with the others.
This bears more thinking.
ETA: Any suggestions on what would be better - course-based MA or thesis-based MA? I kinda... want to do both. But I'm not sure I'd be allowed to.
Seriously.
Stuff I'm looking at:
McMaster University - Cultural Studies and Critical Theory MA
Looks pretty funky and this year's subjects are stuff I'm actually interested in. No guarantee they'll be offering the same courses next year but I'll take a shot.
University of Alberta - Comparative Literature, in the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
Steampunk Scholar is actually doing his doctorate here, under this degree. He told me that from what he's seen of my writing, I'll fit right in. I'm not sure I can handle learning another language. I'm horrible with languages unless I take it really slow.
University of Toronto - Collaborative Masters in Asia-Pacific Studies
This looks really cool except I'd have to pick a "home department" (only one of which I'm interested in: Women's Studies). I'll think on this. May not happen though.
ETA
Wilfred Laurier University - MA in English
The faculty looks pretty awesome.
University of Hawaii Manoa - MA in English
So does this faculty staff. Interestingly, they have a MA CW program in which students can take on a CW project and then undergo questioning on how their CW project fits into their research. ... Which admittedly sounds like my cup of tea! Description: Students in Creative Writing complete their M.A. with a creative thesis, which they are then asked to place, in their oral thesis defense, within the context of other works in the same genre.
IS THAT NOT AWESOME?
Suggestions for other schools are also welcome.
What I'm looking to do:
I'd like to stick to my English Lit roots of engaging critically with text, although this time, I'll be looking at it from a more SEA perspective. Part of this includes:
1) I'm a bit confused/miffed at the whole "post-colonialism" thing, because it assumes that there's a "colonialism" period (which there totally is!) and if post-colonialism is important, why not colonialism? I ask this because we all know, in colonial countries, that the colonizers have left an indelible mark, and it seems remiss to not explore the voices of the colonized from that time period.
2) The intersection of race theory within Western discourses and how race is explored within most western literature, if at all. If it isn't what does the silence say? If it is, what is said about it?
3) The manifestations of race within current literature, particularly scifi/fantasy and their subgenres. This may end up being a project of mine cataloging stuff, and it's totally being written about now, but I'd like to explore this from a more academic PoV.
In fact, a syncretization of all of these topics would probably end up happening, because I can't really deal with one without dealing with the others.
This bears more thinking.
ETA: Any suggestions on what would be better - course-based MA or thesis-based MA? I kinda... want to do both. But I'm not sure I'd be allowed to.
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Date: 2009-08-30 09:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-08-30 09:21 pm (UTC)