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Media Studies: Comparative Literature and Literary Theory

Master

The Master’s programme in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory aims at further in-depth study of the four
components of the Bachelor’s programme. First of all, these include the two fields of study which traditionally constitute the core of our discipline: Literary Theory and Comparative Literature. In addition, the programme also concentrates on two other themes: Interculturality and Intermediality. Thanks to this in-depth approach, graduates not only qualify for various positions in the cultural sector, but also for a PhD position.

Courses

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

First semester

Choose three courses out of the following:
Approaches to Literature 10
Academia in Literature: Campus Novels and Theorists as Novelists 10
Literature and Theory: Foucault, Derrida and Benjamin 10
Interculturality 1: Key Concepts 10
The worst of heresies or the highest goal: Literature’s didactic powers 10

Second semester

Choose one of the following:
Literature, Art, and the Political after 9/11 10
Interculturality 2: The Global Imagination 10
Methodological Concepts in Art and Literature 10
Elective: Exiles and Modernism: European and Mexican Emigré Writers and Artists in Southern California 10
MA Thesis Comparative Literature and Literary Theory 20