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Program(s) |
Course Type(s) |
Seminar |
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Module Group | Research-Oriented Specialization in Literature |
Duration |
two-semester module (offered each semester, but individual topics vary) |
Assessment |
Usually:
graded |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Prerequisites | Students are expected to be familiar with the core concepts of textual analysis and be experienced in the close reading of primary and secondary texts. They should have read a wide range of texts from all the literary periods from the Renaissance to the present, and they are also expected to have written term papers in (English) literature at Bachelor-level. Students are required to have good (written) academic English language skills (Level C1). Students are expected to have taken the Reading Literary and Critical Theory Module or an equivalent Master-level course elsewhere. |
Content | In Master Research Seminars, students are aquainted with a specific research topic (for example, a period, a theme, a genre, the work of an author) which will be covered systematically and thoroughly in its theoretical and/or historical context, taking into account the current state of research as well as contemporary debates and issues in the respective area. |
Learning outcomes | Students are able to: (a) draw on an in-depth knowledge of a specific research topic or area in the field of literary and/or cultural studies; (b) show familiarity with both the current state of research and contemporary debates and issues in the respective area; (c) articulate complex viewpoints concering the respective seminar topic in an appropriate academic register. |