Basic and general competences
 

— Capacity to apply the acquired knowledge to problem-solving in new or relatively unknown environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.

 

— Capacity to interpret texts from different eras and cultural traditions.

 

— Capacity to develop independent thought: critical and self-critical capabilities, capacity to develop original problem-solving strategies, capacity to generate new ideas, and capacity to delimit an object or field of study in terms of the construction and representation of cultural identities.

 

— Knowledge forming the basis of original thinking in the development or application of ideas, typically in a research context.

 

— Capacity to integrate knowledge and tackle the complexity of formulating judgements based on incomplete or limited information, taking due consideration of the social and ethical responsibilities involved in applying knowledge and making judgements.

 

— Capacity to communicate conclusions, judgements and the grounds on which they have been reached to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.

 

— Skills to enable lifelong self-directed and independent learning.

 

— Capacity to understand: identification of concepts, problems and key questions in debates on the construction of cultural identities.

 

— Capacity for reflection: awareness of one’s own thought process, and ability to acknowledge and appraise different theories and points of view in the field of literary and cultural studies.

 

— Capacity to manage information: capacity to extract and integrate information from different sources, making effective use of libraries, archives, newspaper archives and other resources (particularly digital resources) relevant to research in the humanities.

 

— Capacity to conduct basic research and monitor recent developments in the international scientific community in the fields of cultural studies, literary studies and gender studies.

 

— Ability to work in a team (capacity to collaborate with others and contribute to a common project / capacity to work in cross-disciplinary and multicultural teams).

Specific competences
— Advanced understanding of the different theories and methodologies applied to globalization, postcolonial studies, trauma studies and posthuman studies and the analysis of different types of texts in these fields; more detailed knowledge of the tools of philology needed to analyse complex texts and conduct comparative studies.

— Capacity to analyse the links between contemporary artistic creation and history, cultural institutions and social and political trends and social structres, taking into account the influences of decolonisation, capitalism and globalization.

— Theoretical and critical capabilities for constructing discourse on otherness as well as on globalised and traumatised identities.