The Portuguese MLitt comprises taught and research-based elements, allowing you to focus in depth on one aspect of Portuguese studies. Topics available include: linguistics, culture, history and politics of Latin America, the Spanish novel and Latin American film. The School of Modern Languages research staff work in a diverse range of fields from sociocultural, historical and political studies, to film and literature, linguistics and sociolinguistics. We offer expert supervision in the following areas: anthropology, anthropological linguistics and sociolinguistics of Latin America, including Quechua language, semantics, philosophy of language, history and spread of Spanish in Latin America, Latin American dialects and Creole, political, social and intellectual history of Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially Brazil and Southern Cone, history of education in Latin America in 19th and 20th century Latin America, discourses of race and identity in Latin America, Latin American film, literature and theatre, Spanish and Latin American cultural history and popular culture, Catalan nationalism, and Spanish novel.