MA/MS in Comparative Literary Studies

The research master's treats literature as a cultural medium viewed through a comparative, theoretical lens, examining how societies across different cultures make sense of the present, recall the past and picture the future through literature, and how literature itself has been understood and theorised across different historical periods and geographical boundaries. Teaching concentrates on modern and contemporary literature from a range of language areas, giving particular weight to memory and cultural history, to literary theory and criticism, and to world literature.