Fascinated by Western literature? In this programme you will explore it all its forms but also from specific subfields of literary studies. Particular emphasis is placed on the in-depth study of language-specificresearch questions and literary corpora, and on the interaction between literatures, languages and cultures. Through a range of contemporary theoretical and methodological perspectives, you will learn to understand literature as a complex cultural phenomenon in constant interaction with society and other media. The master starts from a critical interrogation of categories such as ‘Western’ and ‘literature.’ It provides you with a theoretical, comparative, and transnational framework that sustains your in-depth study of the literatures and periods in which you choose to specialise, which you can select from a broad range of electives.