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Introduction to the Postgraduate Program

The Postgraduate Program in English Studies: Literature and Culture at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens aims to develop and promote postgraduate research in the fields of English literature, literary criticism, and cultural studies. The program contributes to the enhancement of English postgraduate studies in Greek universities, with the primary goal of promoting the Department and the University internationally. It seeks to develop specialized educational, research, and scientific personnel with high-level training to staff education at all levels, particularly in tertiary education, and to strengthen research and scientific centers with renowned young researchers.

Program Objectives and Specializations

The program leads to the award of a Postgraduate Diploma in English Studies: Literature and Culture, after the successful completion of the program, in the following specializations:

1. The Greek Element in English Literature
2. English Theater from the Renaissance to the Present
3. English Literature and Culture of the 19th and 20th Centuries

These titles are awarded by the Department of English Language and Literature of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Program Duration and Structure

The duration of studies in the Postgraduate Program is set at 3 academic semesters, including the time for the preparation of a dissertation. The program starts in the winter semester of each academic year. One specialization is offered every two years.

For the award of the diploma, 90 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits are required. All courses are taught weekly and, where appropriate, include seminars and workshops. The teaching hours for each course are three per week.

The language of instruction, writing of assignments, and writing of the postgraduate dissertation is English.

Attendance of courses/workshops, etc., is mandatory.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing the program with a focus on English Studies: Literature and Culture, students will:

• Have acquired a better understanding of contemporary literary and cross-cultural criticism related to the examined literary fields of English literature.
• Have deepened their knowledge of the historical and cultural frameworks of the examined literary periods and genres.
• Have further developed critical and research tools required by the methodology of research, such as the constitution of a contemporary research archive related to the historical and cultural context of the examined texts.
• Be able to formulate theoretical questions with clarity and precision and develop positions whose reasoning is based on logical assumptions that are understandable by both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
• Have completed a satisfactory number of exams and exercises that combine knowledge and require the handling of complex issues, and the formulation of critiques that include reflections on social, cultural, and narrative issues related to the application of their knowledge and critiques.
• Be able to use their knowledge and understanding, as well as their skills, to solve theoretical and cross-cultural problems, both in familiar and less familiar literary and theoretical texts, within a broader comparative or interdisciplinary framework related to their field of study.
• Have completed an extensive dissertation (18,000-20,000 words) that demonstrates they possess the necessary methodological and research skills and scientific knowledge to continue their studies at a higher level, either autonomously or independently.

Program Evaluation

The Postgraduate Program is evaluated within the framework of the periodic evaluation/certification of the Department organized by the National Authority for Higher Education (....). This evaluation assesses the overall work done by each Postgraduate Program, the degree of achievement of the objectives set at its establishment, its viability, the absorption of its graduates into the job market, its contribution to research, the internal evaluation by postgraduate students, the feasibility of continuing its operation, as well as other elements related to the quality of the work produced and its contribution to the national strategy for higher education.

Related Information

• Department: The program is part of the Department of English Language and Literature.
• Human Resources: The program is supported by the department's faculty and staff.
• Access: Information on accessing the program and the university.
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