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Compulsory Module 1: Fundamentals of Comparative Literary Studies (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students specialise their knowledge in the field of literary theories and methods of literary studies with a focus on current theory developments. They develop a problem awareness for questions and effects of literature in a cultural-scientific contexts as well as for gender-specific questions. Students advance their fundamental text competence in the fields of literary as well as scientific texts.
Compulsory Module 2: World Literature and Intertextuality (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Specialised knowledge of and skills for independently dealing with concepts of intertextuality and world literature and their historic development; competence for analysing and interpreting important works of world literature as well as their interference with social and cultural contexts.
Compulsory Module 3: Comparative Media and Culture Studies (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students specialise their knowledge in the field of media theory, intermediality and transculturality research as well as gender theories.
Compulsory Module 4: Literary Dispositifs and Literary Transfer (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: keine
Learning Outcome: Competence for the independent. detailed and differentiated analysis of texts of different literary and non-literary genres from different times / cultures; awareness of the applicability, location and selectivity of methods of analysis; competence to evaluate processes and connections between production, reception, mediation and processing and to pass on the acquired knowledge. In particular, students are able to independently reflect on economic, social, political and legal problems in the literary context as well as fundamental issues of literary education.
Compulsory Module 5: Scientific Specialisation Subject 1 (10 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: compulsory module 1
Learning Outcome: Students specialise in a selected area and the associated theoretical and methodological approaches, and can interdisciplinarily link questions of world literature and intertextuality, of intermediality and transculturality, as well as questions of literary education, with literary-theoretical approaches. The students acquire the competence to write scientific papers on issues related to the module as well as to write their Master's Thesis.
Compulsory Module 6: Scientific Specialisation Subject 2 (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: compulsory module 1
Learning Outcome: Students specialise in a selected area ¿ differing from the topic in Master¿s Seminar I - and the associated theoretical and methodological approaches, and can interdisciplinarily link questions of world literature and intertextuality, of intermediality and transculturality, as well as questions of literary education, with literary-theoretical approaches. The students acquire the competence to write scientific papers on issues related to the module as well as to write their Master's Thesis.
Compulsory Module 9: Master Thesis Defense (Defensio) (2.5 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive evaluation of all other compulsory and elective modules as well as the Master's Thesis
Learning Outcome: Reflection of the Master's Thesis in the overall contexts of the Master's Programme; The focus is on theoretical understanding, methodological foundations, imparting the results of the Master's Thesis as well as presentation skills.
Oral defense of the Master's Thesis before an examination board to finalise the studiesNotes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).