English Studies: Free University Berlin

The course programme moves beyond the traditional disciplinary segregation within English Studies and seeks to interface Literary Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, thus offering a fresh, uncompartmentalised and international approach to the subjects studied. Courses and study areas will not be confined to one national literature, but will focus on inter- and transcultural phenomena. The programme will develop students' awareness of the linguistic features of literary and non-literary texts as well as the historical and synchronic varieties of English. It also includes the study of historical contexts and intertextual as well as intermedial relationships. Particular emphasis will be laid on improving students' language skills in written and spoken academic English.

Graduates will be highly qualified for advanced research in English Literature, Linguistics and Cultural Studies. This Master offers excellent preparation and qualification for moving on to Ph.D. studies but it also qualifies for a professional career (e.g. in the media or in cultural administration). Sensitive to intercultural phenomena, Master's graduates will have acquired a thorough knowledge of current international theoretical and methodological approaches and debates as well as a thorough understanding of both contemporary and past cultural, literary and linguistic phenomena and contexts. They have a near-native proficiency of English and will be able to conduct independent research; analyse literary, cultural and/or linguistic phenomena of the anglophone world; and reflect on their theoretical and methodological decisions.

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