Literature and Cultural Theory

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Target group

The Master's in Literary and Cultural Theory is a research-oriented, theoretical-interdisciplinary, cross-sectional study programme, which draws from the broad interdisciplinary teaching of the modern philologies and neighbouring subjects. Students are given the opportunity to intensively study overarching ideas in literary and cultural studies in four semesters and to grasp the whole spectrum of the current theoretical discussion.

The Master's programme is structured by modules. In one of the following four specialised modules, students choose their focus according to their personal requirements and their academic plans: 1. Text theory, aesthetics, literary theory\; 2. History of ideas and knowledge\; 3. Media aesthetics and media history\; 4. Cultural theory and interculturality.

The research-oriented approach makes this study course ideal for preparing for a doctorate or qualifying for non-university occupational fields in the private sector, media and culture.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

As a rule, the undergraduate degree must have been completed in a modern philological subject with a literary studies specialisation and as a major. (Modern philological subjects here are the following: German, Romance, English/American, Slavonic and Comparative Studies degree courses and General Rhetoric.) If only the minor subject is relevant, admission is also possible if sufficient course content was covered in the area of literary studies

Tuition fees

More information regarding tuition fees

All information about tuition fees for international students (EUR 1,500 per semester) and for a second degree course (EUR 650 per semester) can be found on our website.