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Portuguese and English Literature, MA (Hons)

The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 
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Subject ranking

Modern Languages
UK / QS
3rd
English Language and Literature
UK / QS
3rd
English Language and Literature
UK / Guardian
3rd

Costs

Course feesS$41.2K / year
Entertainment, books
food & rent
S$16.8K / year
Beer S$8
MacDonalds S$11
Cinema S$17
Coffee S$5
TotalS$58K / year

Entry requirements

A Level ABB
Diploma 3.0
International Baccalaureate 34

Scholarships

British Chevening Scholarships
100% for tuition and living expenses
Limited quantity

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Course
Code
RQM3
Upcoming
Intakes
Sep 2024
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+65 9650 3225
HOTLINE
+65 6333 1300

Duration

4 years
Graduate
2028
About the course

One of the world's ten most widely spoken languages, Portuguese is estimated to have around 234 million speakers. Alongside English-speaking cultures, the countries in which Portuguese is spoken have had a significant international influence on literature. This joint honours programme aims to develop your critical, analytic, linguistic and creative skills by engaging with a broad range of texts in both English and Portuguese, and a variety of approaches to reading. Studying this combination shows an openness to ideas and perspectives other than your own, an essential attribute in many careers and a global marketplace.PortugueseStudy with us and you will be immersed in an extraordinary range of literature, film, music and the arts from Europe, South America and Lusophone Africa.Intensive language training, including a year abroad, gives you the opportunity to develop advanced speaking, writing, reading and translating skills in Portuguese. Many of our graduates started as complete beginners. By the end of the programme, you will be able to demonstrate a range of linguistic and critical skills and crucial intercultural competencies.English Literature Based in the first UNESCO World City of Literature, you will study in the oldest department of English Literature in the UK, one of the longest established in the world. You will gain the essential skills needed for the critical close reading of poetry, drama and prose and explore the cultural contexts of writing in English from the late Middle Ages to the present. At honours level, you will select courses on the basis of your own interests in specific topics, periods or literary genres. Why Edinburgh We are unique in Scotland in offering students a full academic year abroad within the four-year honours programme, regardless of whether you spend the year studying or working.Our programme is extremely flexible. In Years 1 and 2, you will choose option courses from a wide range of disciplines, and specialise as you progress through your honours years.When you graduate, you will have the combination of broad cultural education and specialist knowledge valued by employers worldwide.

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