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MA Comparative Literature

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

Hone your skills in comparative literary studies while soaking up the expertise of interdisciplinary specialists. The Comparative Literature MA enables you to develop your own interests while gaining an in-depth understanding of modern literary theory and comparative literature. Taught at UCL, world renowned for its multidisciplinary research and cross-cultural ethos, this is an exceptional opportunity to become proficient in this field.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a first or a very high upper second-class Bachelor's degree (average 65%) in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Teaching (22%), publishing, journalism and translation (17.1%), are common destinations for graduates with an MA in Comparative Literature, and employment as an author, translator, higher education professional, editor or copywriter are becoming increasingly attractive alternatives.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Modern Literary Theory
  • Comparative Literary Studies
  • Research and Writing Skills for Comparative Literature
  • Dissertation Research Pathway for Comparative Literature
  • Dissertation for MA Comparative Literature
  • Life Scripting
  • New Woman Literature in Britain and America, 1793-1920
  • How Does It Feel? Contemporary Fiction Between the Body and the World
  • Fictions of Grief
  • The Gothic
  • Writing Otherwise: Experiments in Creative Criticism
  • Black Atlantic Lives and Afterlives
  • Theoretical Issues in History and Literature
  • Topics in Cultural Studies: The City
  • Weimar and Nazi Film
  • Literary and Cultural Theory
  • Literatures of Rupture: Modernism in Russia and Eastern Europe
  • Discourses of Empire and Identity: The Nineteenth-Century Novel in Russian

Optional modules

  • Life Scripting
  • New Woman Literature in Britain and America, 1793-1920
  • How Does It Feel? Contemporary Fiction Between the Body and the World
  • Fictions of Grief
  • The Gothic
  • Writing Otherwise: Experiments in Creative Criticism
  • Black Atlantic Lives and Afterlives
  • Theoretical Issues in History and Literature
  • Topics in Cultural Studies: The City
  • Weimar and Nazi Film
  • Literary and Cultural Theory
  • Literatures of Rupture: Modernism in Russia and Eastern Europe
  • Discourses of Empire and Identity: The Nineteenth-Century Novel in Russian
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