Master English Language and Culture

 

   

You have an excellent knowledge of English and you know your English literary classics. But how do you place them in their cultural context? How do you relate new novels or plays to that cultural heritage? How can you investigate new linguistics trends or appreciate the variety of English used all over the world?
This 90-credit Master's programme (18 months) examines various aspects of English Language and Culture, concentrating on Writing, Editing and Mediating, Medieval, Early Modern and Modern literature and its social and cultural context.

Aims of the programme 

The Master's programme in English Language and Culture aims to develop a critical, reflective and scholarly attitude towards the disciplines of English Language and Literature.

Graduates of the programme will be able to participate in the important debates concerning theory, methodology and interpretation in their chosen subjects. They will have developed the skills needed to conduct research, and gained practical experience of completing a major research project.

English Language and Culture in Groningen

The academic study of English was introduced as a discipline at the University of Groningen at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1876 the University of Groningen was the first university in the Netherlands to offer academic instruction in the modern languages. The first full professor in English Language and Literature in Groningen (1885) was also the first professor in this field in the Netherlands. 

Initially, the study of English was mainly philological in nature: at present we pay attention to the broader cultural perspective of the (modern) English Language and Literature. The Groningen department of English Language and Culture represents a broad range of theories and approaches to language and literature, rather than adhering to only one school.