Literary Studies: Comparative Literature

Grounded in literature and literary theory, the one-year Master's in Comparative Literature trains you to analyse cultural phenomena (both Western and non-Western) within an interdisciplinary theoretical framework and a globalised context. This programme suits students who want to gain a better understanding of the dynamics between literature and politics and who want to do more than examining literature only: media such as film, art and music, and cultural objects and practices in the broadest sense, will also be considered.

Comparative Literature has a distinct interdisciplinary and theoretical character: from cultural studies to queer theory, from political philosophy to post/de-colonial theory, the specialisation emphasises methodological reflection. In this Master's programme we analyse and critically reflect on texts, films, works of art and cultural practices at large. This is reflected in the programme's curriculum, which engages with issues of gender, race, the posthuman, politics, contemporary philosophy, globalisation, global literacy and the state of the humanities in the 21st century.