English Language and Literature

Overview

The students will study the linguistic systems underlying language, exploring in detail how the language is structured, acquired, used and taught. In addition, the relationship between text, language, reader and author, society, economy, politics, culture and the individual will be explored.

The aim of the English Language and Literature programme at Unicaf Scholarships is to provide students with a double major in the areas of English Literature and Linguistics, incorporating aspects of teaching methodology.

The degree objectives target students’ ability to:

• demonstrate critical thinking skills as reader, writer and viewer to literature and film in English from different genres, geographical spaces and historical periods.

• recognize, explain and apply current approaches in literary theory.

• analyse and discuss a variety of literary texts and theories brought in dialogic interaction.

• examine the relationship between text, reader, author and the sociocultural and politico-economic context.

• recognize linguistic resources that may be exploited in written texts.

• combine descriptive analysis with more critical and theoretical work, which develops students’ understanding of texts and/or language systems.