BA Comparative Literature with Study Abroad
Entry requirements
A level: AAA (A humanities subject required. Spanish required at grade A if selected as main language pathway.) IB: 38 points (A total of 18 points in three higher level subjects, including a Humanities subject at grade 6, no higher level score below 5. Spanish required at higher level grade 6 if selected as main language pathway.)
About this course
BA in Comparative Literature with Study Abroad, a modern languages degree focused on international texts and literary theory. Core topics include Research Methods. Students spend the third year studying abroad at an overseas university and complete a final-year dissertation. The first year introduces textual analysis and global literary contexts through compulsory modules such as Cultural Encounters in World Literature, How to Read Texts, Topics in Modern Literary Fiction, and Canons and Creativity: Period, Context, Text, alongside various optional language and literature modules. The second year examines authorship and cultural media through compulsory modules including Imitation, Invention, Authorship and Word Image Sound, complemented by specialized options. The third year consists of SELCS Year Abroad Term 1 and SELCS Year Abroad Term 2. The fourth year centers on independent research via the Dissertation in Comparative Literature, alongside advanced optional modules spanning classical literature, European studies, and drama.
Modules
- Cultural Encounters in World Literature
- How to Read Texts
- Topics in Modern Literary Fiction
- Canons and Creativity: Period, Context, Text
- Greek Myth: Its Use and Meaning
- Interpreting Greek Literature
- Interpreting Latin Literature
- Introduction to the Study of Language
- Ancient Emotions in the Modern World
- An Introduction to Dutch Language and Culture
- Introduction to Dutch Studies 1
- Introduction to Dutch Studies 2
- Use of French 1
- The Making of Modern France
- Imitation, Invention, Authorship
- Word Image Sound
- Roman Epic
- Roman Authors: Roman Love Poetry
- Classics and Literary Theory
- The Dialogues of Plato
- Xenophon: Politics, Identity and Text in Classical Greece
- Greek Comedy
- Greek Authors: Homer
- Dramaturgy, Ancient and Modern
- Archaic Greece, 800-479: A Cultural History
- Classical Poetry and its Reception in English Literature
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Dissertation in Comparative Literature
- Roman Epic
- Roman Authors: Roman Love Poetry
- The Dialogues of Plato
- Xenophon: Politics, Identity and Text in Classical Greece
- Greek Comedy
- Greek Authors: Homer
- Dramaturgy, Ancient and Modern
- Archaic Greece, 800-479: A Cultural History
- Classical Poetry and its Reception in English Literature
- At the Crossroads of Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the 20th and 21st Centuries