MA (International Contemporary Literatures and Media)—
full-time and part-time

This is a multidisciplinary and comparative MA programme designed for students with an interest in contemporary literatures and media. It aims to familiarise students with movements, authors, texts and themes of international contemporary literature. It broadens their intellectual horizons and provides them with the skills for research and critical analysis.

Students will be prepared for careers in media, arts administration, teaching, translation, and international marketing and communications.

The late 20th century saw fundamental cultural changes brought about by factors such as globalisation, the end of the Cold War, and technological and communicative innovations, and these changes are intensely reflected in literature and media. The course programme includes the study of seminal texts, films and other media by international authors and artists mostly from the 1960s to post-modernism and beyond. Non-English texts will be read in translation.

Core modules:
• The Arts of Reading – about debates in world literature and theoretical approaches in modern literary and cultural studies.
• Self-Referentiality in Post-modern Media – how do media reflect on other media, for example how is the book represented in films or paintings?
• From Division to Unification: Literary Texts in their Political Contexts – how is the post-war division of Europe reflected in literature and media?
• Contemporary Literary Genres – about trends in genres such as Didactic Fiction, Holocaust Literature, travel writing, fan fiction, etc.