Comparative Studies in English and American Language, Literature and Culture Comparative Studies: English/American Language/Literature/Culture

This programme offers courses on English and American literature (covering everything from medieval to postmodernist literature, including specialist courses on postcolonial literature) as well as English linguistics. The Master's programme Comparative Studies in English and American Language, Literature and Culture (MAComp) is a unique, interdisciplinary programme aimed at providing graduate students with a professionally qualified education within the fields of English and American studies, literary and cultural studies and linguistics. It allows them to hone their academic as well as professional skills on an intercultural level, paving them the way into domestic and international job markets for both academic and non-academic careers. In approaching literature and linguistics comparatively, students will engage with cultural phenomena within the changing contexts of history and globalisation. Taking into consideration theories on such socio-cultural variables as class, gender, ethnicity, technology, or media, the MAComp curriculum relates to current research and also includes areas of studies beyond the philologies. Students have ample opportunity to customise their course of study according to their own interests. They can combine modules or focus on one specific area from all courses offered in the six departments of the Institute for English and American Studies: Medieval English Studies American Studies Linguistics Modern English Literature Anglophone Literatures Comparative Literature