Content Official Master's Degree in Comparative Literature: Literary and Cultural Studies
Master description
This master's degree, emphatically interdisciplinary in character, offers training in one of the most active fields of humanistic studies today, that of Comparative Literature and, more broadly, on studies of contemporary culture, principally as approached through textual and discursive instances.
The structure of the master's degree is arranged in accordance with its central objective, which to train researchers in Comparative Literature. The master's degree therefore offers 80 ECTS, of which 60 must be completed to obtain the degree, and which are taught over a single academic year. The syllabus is structured into methodological training modules and research modules, three of which are obligatory and five are optional. Each module has its own coordinator, responsible for the selection of participating lecturers and for interrelation with the students.
Course begins on
30/09/2024Teaching timetable
Lectures will be held in morning and afternoon sessions, at the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts.
Study plan structure
Research Profile
Type | Credits |
Compulsory | 30 |
Optional | 30 |
TOTAL | 60 |
Subject | Credits | Type |
Comparative Literature: Issues and Methods | 10 | OB |
Master Thesis | 10 | OB |
Methodology | 10 | OB |
Comparative Literature: Literary Traditions | 10 | OT |
Comparative Literature: Modernism and Postmodernism | 10 | OT |
Cultural studies | 10 | OT |
Genres and texts: analysis practices | 10 | OT |
Studies of genres and sexuality | 10 | OT |
OB: Compulsory
OT: Optional
Discontinuation of courses
All optional subjects are not scheduled each year.