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TRENTU.CA / Future Students / Undergraduate / Programs / Literature & Narrative

Literature & Narrative

Trent’s Cultural Studies program is the only one of its kind in Canada, and by specializing in Literature and Narrative, you will study culture by reading, talking, and doing – asking (and seeking to answer) how culture shapes our lives, and vice versa.
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How do we tell our stories? As a Cultural Studies major completing the Literature and Narrative specialization, you’ll take your studies beyond the book to look at how storytelling changes when told through theatre, oral narrative, television, and film, and how history, geography, and genre influence storytelling.

Courses

Students who have fulfilled the requirements for a single- or joint-major degree in Cultural Studies may graduate with a Specialization if they have successfully completed 4.0 CUST credits in the chosen Specialization category. The same course may not simultaneously count toward two or more Specializations.

  • CUST 1520H: Introduction to World Literature
  • CUST 2029Y: Science Fiction
  • CUST 2522H/2022Y: Culture and the Novel
  • CUST 2526H: Workshop: Narrative and Performance
  • CUST 2527H: Surrealism and the Languages of Narrative
  • CUST 2528H: West Indian Storytelling (World Literature)
  • CUST 2551H: Popular Culture and Modern Thought: Ideology, Language
  • CUST 2552H: Popular Culture and Modern Thought: Gender, Globalization, and the Virtual
  • CUST 3029Y: Utopia (Future Fiction)
  • CUST 3087Y: Community-Based Research Project
  • CUST-INDG 3128H: Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative Storytelling
  • CUST 3175Y: Workshop: Staging Ideas
  • CUST 3515H: Modernism and the Avant-Garde
  • CUST 3522H/3022Y: Experimental Fiction
  • CUST 3572H: Workshop: Epic Theatre
  • CUST 3900Y/3901H/3902H: Reading Course
  • CUST 4010Y/4020D: Honours Thesis
  • CUST 4041Y/4541H: Internship in Media and Cultural Studies
  • CUST 4173H: Workshop: Adaptation and Performance
  • CUST-FREN-CAST: Quebec Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • CUST 4512H: Arts of Conflict: Violence, Art, and the Irish Republican Army
  • CUST 4521H: Advanced Topics in Narrative: Shipwrecks and Castaways
  • CUST 4522H: Advanced Topics in Narrative: Handcuffed to (Literary) History
  • CUST 4523H: Shapeshifters: Narrative Adaptations across Media
  • CUST 4529H/4029Y: Advanced Studies in Science Fiction
  • CUST-FREN 4611H: Literature and Contestation

Degrees Offered:

  • B.A.
  • B.A. (Honours)

Locations:

  • Peterborough

Degree:

  • Cultural Studies (Co-op Available)
  • Cultural Studies

Resume Boosters:

  • Gain hands-on experience writing, performing, and retelling familiar stories through workshops in adaptation and performance.
  • Conduct real-world, community-focused research through a community-based research project.
  • Gain work experience in fields like theatre, media and galleries through our fourth-year internship in Media and Cultural Studies.
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Career Paths:

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Communications Specialist

This unit group includes specialists in advertising, marketing and public relations who analyse, develop and implement communication and promotion strategies and information programs, analyse advertising needs and develop appropriate advertising and marketing plans, publicize activities and events, and maintain media relations on behalf of businesses, governments and other organizations, and for performers, athletes, writers and other talented individuals. They are employed by consulting firms, advertising agencies, corporations, associations, government, social agencies, museums, galleries, public interest groups, and cultural and other organizations, or they may be self-employed. Agents such as entertainment, literary and sports agents are included in this unit group.

$16.00-$47.18/hr
Salary Range
105,900
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10YR Job Outlook
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Career Opportunities

  • Teacher
  • TV and Radio Producer
  • Advertising and Marketing Executive
  • Author
  • Web Content Manager
  • Events Planner
  • Game Creator
  • Videographer
  • Communications Specialist
  • Journalist
  • Cultural Critic

Admission Requirements

Ontario Secondary School Requirements:

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
  • A minimum of six Grade 12 4U or 4M courses, including program specific prerequisites

Program Requirements:

  • A minimum 70% overall final average
  • ENG 4U with a minimum of 60%
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