The provided text is a book review of The Knowledge and the Sacred by Nasr, it needs to be rewritten into a literature review, with this book at its core but supported, analysed and critiqued with other texts.

You should provide examples of your own critical writing on a subject relating to the arts and/or humanities, written in English.

Extracts from longer pieces are welcome but should be prefaced by a note which puts them in context. The department will not accept one long extract in lieu of two shorter pieces. The word count does not need to include any bibliography or brief footnotes.

They will be assessed on your understanding of the subject and any methodological problems it presents, on your powers of expression and analysis, on your use of primary sources and secondary literature and on your use of scholarly referencing.

They will also be assessed for a comprehensive understanding of the subject area; your understanding of problems in the area; your ability to construct and defend an argument; and your powers of analysis and expression.

If you have not studied humanities subjects at a higher education institution or have not written an essay in the humanities in recent years, you may like to consider taking an online course offered by the Department for Continuing Education in literature, history, history of art, or philosophy in advance of making an application to the MLA. These courses can be a valuable way to improve your skills and are a way to explore the relevant subject areas before you apply to the MLA.

Please also add the citation for Nasr’s book.