Literature & Culture

  • Articulate knowledge, arguments and ideas clearly and effectively through essays, presentations and proposals
  • Be effective independent researchers, who can identify a viable research topic and develop this into a research project
  • Demonstrate a developed awareness of historical contexts, theoretical positions and the range of literary and/or cultural production appropriate to their chosen specialization
  • Demonstrate an enhanced knowledge of literary and cultural analysis, including methodology, in their chosen disciplines and fields
  • Demonstrate mastery of advanced techniques in the use of archival and digital resources
  • Demonstrate their facility as readers, thinkers and writers, with advanced skills in detailed textual analysis and close reading
  • Make connections across different time periods and cultures, and identify key aesthetic/cultural/social movements in their chosen specialization