Comments about Cultural and Critical Studies (MA) - At the institution - London - Greater London
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Objectives
This interdisciplinary degree explores critical and cultural debates across cultural disciplines, offering you the chance to examine work in a diversity of media, including print culture, painting and film.
It combines a thorough training in contemporary critical methods and debates with a diverse range of advanced study options. You will have considerable scope to configure a programme of study that meets your particular needs and interests.
The degree is aimed at people with wide-ranging, interdisciplinary interests in the humanities and those interested in contemporary theoretical debates. In consultation with tutors, you will be able to build a dynamic programme of study that allows you to follow themes and issues across different disciplines, and develop your interests accordingly.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Flexible: a good degree in any subject, but other qualifications will be considered.
If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent is required.
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Academic title
Cultural and Critical Studies (MA)
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Course description
The degree starts with a theoretical core course exploring key concepts, followed by a choice of advanced option modules and independent research. Options cover a range of themes and disciplines, and are not restricted to a particular historical period or national culture.
Core course: Key Concepts in Cultural and Critical Studies.
Options may include:
-Modernism and Vulgarity
-Hearing Things
-The Fate of Nature in the Synthetic Age
-Uses of Narrative
-Reading Walter Benjamin
-Gender and the Internet
-Post-Colonial Fiction
-Memory, Trauma and Cultural Identity
-Modernist Literature and Modern Art
-Modern British Poetry
-Film into Text and Text into Film
-Death, Murder and Revenge in the Early Modern World.
Dissertation, due end of September.
