English Cultural Studies and Literature - Kansas State University

English Cultural Studies and Literature from Kansas State University is a Campus Master Literature degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. What is Cultural Studies? The study of literature, music, film, television, shopping malls, sports events, cartoons, etiquette manuals, bear-baiting, minstrel shows, and more. Cultural studies looks at all these things and the theories that help us understand their historical and cultural significance: marxism, feminism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, queer theory, post-colonial theory, and race and ethnic studies. For example, our students have written on such topics as cyberpunk and environmentalism, cartoons from Japanese American internment camps during WWII, and contemporary novels, existentialism, and death. While cultural studies scholars study many things, they share a commitment to interdisciplinarity, contextualization, and social and political engagement. Our Cultural Studies Program is a track of the MA degree in literature . Students in this program are introduced to major theoretical influences in a seminar on "The Theory and Practice of Cultural Studies ," delve into a specific topic in the "Seminar in Cultural Studies," and choose from other advanced courses in literature, criticism, and theory. They also select relevant courses in other disciplines such as women's studies , anthropology, geography, history, sociology, philosophy, modern languages, political science, and mass communications. At the culmination of their degree, they develop an independent research project. View more details on Kansas State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Literature courses.