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24 credit points
Admission requirements
Learning outcomes
Demonstrate substantive knowledge of a broad range of texts – literary, public, performative – from the Renaissance to the present day.
Identify how texts function aesthetically, socially and politically in everyday life and as culturally-specific forms of creative and professional writing, literature and performance.
Critically evaluate the use by diverse authors of formal elements of language and genre in texts.
Plan and manage self-directed research projects of increasing sophistication that evaluate analytical, persuasive and creative texts in a range of genres and styles.
Recognise and demonstrate practices of ethical and effective discourse on complex or controversial subjects or texts in a reasoned and respectful manner.
Create well-constructed, clear and persuasive texts and oral communications in a variety of genres, modes and styles.