Course Description
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TYPES OF SUBJECT |
ECTS |
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Compulsory |
12 |
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Elective |
42 |
|
Internship |
0 |
|
Master's Thesis |
6 |
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TOTAL |
60 |
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FIRST YEAR |
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COMPULSORY SUBJECTS |
ECTS |
SEMESTRE |
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Compulsory Module |
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Contemporary Critical Theory |
6 |
1 |
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Research Methods in Literary and Cultural Studies |
6 |
1 |
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ELECTIVE SUBJECTS |
ECTS |
SEMESTRE |
|
Elective Module |
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Debating Literary Modernity |
6 |
1 |
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Women's Poetics from the 20th and 21st Centuries |
6 |
1 |
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Countercultural Voices in the United States |
6 |
1 |
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Film and Identity |
6 |
1 |
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Children and Young Adult Literature |
6 |
1 |
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The Gothic Imagination in Literature and Media |
6 |
1 |
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The Theatricality of Fiction |
6 |
2 |
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Literatures of Violence, Crisis and Disruption |
6 |
2 |
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The Contemporary Avant-Garde in Literature and the Arts |
6 |
2 |
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Literary Interfaces: A Multimodal Approach |
6 |
2 |
| The Afterlives of Modernism |
6 |
2 |
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The Female Bildungsroman |
6 |
2 |
| Literatures in English: Intertextual and Transnational Perspectives |
6 |
2 |
| Topics in Contemporary Literature and Culture |
6 |
2 |
|
Master's Thesis |
6 |
2 |
Structure
The Master's Degree consists of 60 ECTS credits distributed across two modules and the Master's Thesis. The Master's Degree in Research in English-Language Literatures and Cultures offers courses in critical theory, research methodology, contemporary literature, and the literary and cultural history of English-speaking countries, distributed as follows:
- Compulsory Module: 12 compulsory ECTS (2 subjects).
- Optional Module: 42 optional ECTS (7 subjects).
- Master's Thesis: 6 compulsory ECTS.
The elective module consists of two subjects, Advanced Modern and Contemporary Literature in English and Advanced Literary and Cultural History of English-speaking Countries, which can be combined according to each student’s interests.
The language of instruction for the master's degree is English.
Note: Each year, 10 electives from the curriculum will be activated. Information on the activated subjects can be found in the detailed program description.