Masters in Humanities Research: Literature & Contested Spaces | Master's degree | Humanities & Culture | On Campus | 2 years | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Netherlands

In this Research Master specialization, you examine the roles literary texts play in the representation and shaping of contested spaces. Novels, poems, and plays shape our perceptions and affect our lived experience of such spaces as the nation, wilderness, or the body. These spaces are contested in our current context, and have been in the past centuries. In the seminars, tutorials and individual research projects, you explore how literary texts have played a role in shaping our experience of such contested spaces. In this specialization, you pursue your fascination with the ways in which literary representations interact with real or imagined spaces, geographies and ecosystems. You focus on literature and three kinds of contested space: the (trans)national, the environment, and the body. This program welcomes students who are keen to hone their critical thinking and research skills in this field; they offer you the chance to pursue your research interests under the guidance of specialists in the field.