BA Portuguese and Beginners' Modern Greek
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Portuguese and Modern Greek, with Greek taken from a beginners' level, is one of the more unusual language combinations available at UK universities, connecting two very different parts of Europe and the world through a shared commitment to serious linguistic and cultural study. Portuguese is a global language of enormous reach, spoken across Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and other communities across Africa and Asia, carrying literary traditions that range from medieval Galician-Portuguese lyric poetry through Camões and Pessoa to the contemporary writers of Brazil and Lusophone Africa. Modern Greek connects you to a language with a continuous literary history stretching from antiquity to the present, to the culture of a country at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East, and to a diaspora community with significant presence in Britain and other English-speaking countries. At the University of Oxford, this four-year programme develops genuine proficiency in both languages, with Greek taught from beginners' level, making the combination accessible even to those with no prior knowledge of Greek. You will study literature, cultural history, film, and contemporary society in both the Portuguese-speaking and Greek-speaking worlds, reading in the original languages as your proficiency develops. The Oxford tutorial system ensures that your engagement with both languages and cultures is intensive and intellectually demanding, and the university's scholarly resources in both Lusophone and Hellenic studies are exceptional. Graduates of this programme bring a distinctive and genuinely rare combination to the employment market, with expertise in two languages that relatively few UK graduates can offer. Careers include translation and interpreting, academic research, cultural organisations, diplomacy, international business, journalism, and education. Postgraduate study in Portuguese, Lusophone, or Hellenic studies is a natural further direction.
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