English Language and Culture – (M.A.)

You have an excellent knowledge of English and you know your English literary classics. But how do you place them in their cultural context? How do you relate new novels or plays to that cultural heritage? How can you investigate new linguistics trends or appreciate the variety of Englishes used all over the world? This one-year Master´s programme examines various aspects of English Language and Culture, concentrating on literature in its social and cultural context.

The Master´s programme in English Language and Culture aims to develop a critical, reflective and scholarly attitude towards the disciplines of English Language and Literature.

Graduates of the programme will be able to participate in the important debates concerning theory, methodology and interpretation in their chosen subjects. You will have developed the skills needed to conduct research, and gained practical experience in completing a major research project.

Examples from previous years include:

* the Literary Culture of Anglo-Saxon England;
* the relationship between early modern English texts and the development of ideas about individual identity in the 17th and 18th centuries;
* Individual and Society in English Drama;
* Foreign Sounds: acquiring the pronunciation of a foreign language;
* English and Scottish Medieval Literature, Victorian and pseudo-Victorian Novels in their Material Context;
* and Recent Prize-winning Literature.

Graduates with Master´s degree in English Language and Culture find employment as researchers, with publishing firms, in administrative jobs and in the field of internationalization.