Comparative Literature

A good 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. If you studied your first degree outside the UK, see the international entry requirements.

The MLitt in Comparative Literature explores the transnational understanding of literature and culture, providing students with a critical evaluation of classical and contemporary theoretical approaches combined with the intensive study of a broad range of texts across national, cultural and linguistic borders, and the relations between them.

Highlights

• Students receive training in traditional and new research techniques and have the opportunity to broaden their language portfolios.
• Small class sizes of no more than 20 students provide a close-knit postgraduate community and friendly environment.
• Innovative core and optional modules allow students to explore new approaches to reading texts and reflecting on their own critical practices.
• A wide range of optional modules provides the opportunity to take modules from other disciplines.
• Specialist dissertation supervision is available from across the broad range of research interests within the School of Modern Languages.