English Language Studies and Anglo-American Literatures

About this programme

English Language Studies and Anglo-American Literatures Master programme (Ma/ MSc) Faculty of Letters CRAIOVA Program description The Master's programme English Language Studies and Anglo-American Literatures addresses students whose interests and academic backgrounds are in linguistics and literary studies and in developing transversal compentences deriving from attending interactive classes. During the programme, students will develop their knowledge of contemporary English language and literatures in English, with an extension to interdisciplinary topics such as: levels of language and linguistic accommodation, elements of socio-linguistics, inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural paradigms, literature and the other arts, philosophy and literature, the literary and the visual.The vision of this programme is both training and research-oriented, in accordance with the national labour market and global educational tendencies. Upon completion, graduates will have acquired the following professional skills: appropriate use of concepts in the study of linguistics, theory of literature, English and American literature; effective oral and written communication in English; analysis of literary texts within their cultural contexts. Transversal skills, such as communication, creative thinking, decision making, collaboration, negotiation and consensus building, organisation, etc. will be developed.These competences will allow employment as a philologist, literary reviewer, linguistic reviewer, research assistant, linguistic consultant, education counsellor, advertising copywriter, radio/TV contributor, special correspondent (country and abroad), researcher, columnist, book publisher, commentator, editor, cultural officer, writer, editorial secretary, literary secretary, translator, interpreter, assistant manager.