MA Comparative Literature
Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB (Additional requirements: A-level English or another Humanities subject.) IB: not published Scottish Higher: BBBB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5 Typically offers will be made at AAAAB by end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject at AA. (AB or BA may be considered). Scottish Higher (widening access): MD20 : BBBB (also other target groups*) MD40 : AABB* Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject. Successful completion of Top-Up or one of our Summer Schools.
About this course
MA in Comparative Literature, an economics and modern languages degree exploring texts across national frontiers, time periods, and genres. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can spend year three studying abroad through exchange agreements. The first year introduces foundational study through subjects like Comparative Literature 1A - Heroes (Heroic Men), Comparative Literature 1B - Heroes (Heroic Women), and Comparative Literature 1C: Heroism across Time and Cultures. The second year progresses with modules such as Comparative Literature 2A - Frontiers (Crossing Borders), COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 2B, INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM, and Comparative Literature 2C - Frontiers (Exploring Identity). Junior and Senior Honours years offer advanced study through options like Intercultural Readings, Theories Of Reading, The Brothers Grimm and the European Fairy Tale, and Postcolonial Literature, Thought and Visual Culture, alongside a Comparative Literature Dissertation or Applied Dissertation with Placement in Comparative Literature.
Modules
- Students typically take two of: 1A Heroic Men 1B Heroic Women 1C Heroism across Times and Cultures.
- Two further Level 1 subjects
- Comparative Literature 1A - Heroes (Heroic Men)
- Comparative Literature 1B - Heroes (Heroic Women)
- Comparative Literature 1C: Heroism across Time and Cultures
- Students typically take two of: 2A Crossing Borders 2C Exploring Identity
- A second Level 2 subject
- A new Level 1 subject may be taken
- Comparative Literature 2A - Frontiers (Crossing Borders)
- COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 2B, INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM
- Comparative Literature 2C - Frontiers (Exploring Identity)
- Comparative Literature Junior Honours [Year 3 could be studied abroad via exchange agreements]
- Intercultural Readings
- Theories Of Reading
- The Brothers Grimm and the European Fairy Tale
- Postcolonial Literature, Thought and Visual Culture
- Magical Narratives: Imagination, Fantasy and the Creation of Worlds
- Narrating the City: Representation of Urban Space in Literature and Film
- Classic European Cinema East and West
- The Everyday in Film, Photography and Literature
- Global Novels: how translated fiction becomes World Literature
- Myths and Modern Imagination
- Transcultural Connections: 'Classic' Texts and their Adaptations across Cultures
- Comparative Literature 2C - Frontiers (Exploring Identity)
- Bestsellers in the Pre-Industrial Age
- Cervantes in Hollywood
- Comparative Literature Dissertation
- Applied Dissertation with Placement in Comparative Literature
- Subsidiary French Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary German Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary Spanish Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary Italian Language (Beginners)
- magical narratives: Imagination, fantasy & the creation of worlds
- postcolonial literature, thought & visual culture
- narrating the city: representation of urban spaces in literature & film
- classic European cinema
- myths and modern imaginations
- Comparative Literature Senior Honours