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Introduction

The Master in European Comparative Literature consists of 60 ECTS credits to be ideally completed in one academic year. Of these 60 credits 48 are devoted to course work and 12 to the research and writing of an MA paper (or Trabajo Fin de Máster or TFM, in Spanish). The course work is divided into two semesters running, approximately, from late September to third week of December and from late January to mid-May. The MA paper is evaluated by an exam committee in a public act in which the student briefly presents his or her research and the exam committee provides criticism and commentary and assigns a grade. Previous to this defense, students must have cleared all their course work. The MA may be defended in June, September or January, during particular dates designated for this purpose.

All courses are optional, therefore students have a considerable freedom creating their own itineraries and areas of specialization. However, 12 of the 48 credits of coursework must be chosen from the Theoretical / Methodological Block. 

Related PhD Degree

The MA in European Comparative Literature and the PhD in Literature are two interrelated programs. The Master in European Comparative Literature is the formative period leading to the PhD in Literature. Students with this particular MA degree, or with a comparable one, may apply to be admitted to the Doctoral program in Literature. 
 
The two degrees are largely taught and conducted in Spanish. Students come from a wide range of academic and linguistic backgrounds and, while most know at least another language, modern or ancient, they must be proficient in Spanish in order to navigate satisfactorily our academic system and course offerings. Only a few classes are taught in English, and these change from year to year. All our faculty speak languages other than Spanish and will be happy to assist you in a non-Spanish language outside the classroom but lectures are routinely held in Spanish. 
 

Admission information

 
The application calendar and procedures are available in the University of Murcia's web: http://www.um.es/estudios/
 
 

Course offering

 
 
Code Subject / Course Semester ECTS Credits
  Theoretical / Methodological Block    
5048 Contemporary Literary Theory: Canon Studies, Cultural Studies, Postcolonialism Semester (2) 6
5049 Literary Criticism: Genres, Formal and Thematic Repertoires Semester (1) 6
5050 Fundamentals of Comparative Literature: Periodization, Internationalism, Historiology Semester (1) 6
  Ancient Literatures    
5051 Love in Classical Literature and its Projection in the European Literary Tradition Semester (2) 3
5052 Classical Theatre and its Western Legacies Semester (2) 3
5053 Ovid's Metamorphosis in European Literature and Art Semester (1) 3
5054 The Beginnings of Prose Fiction and its Persistence in the Western Literary Tradition Semester (2) 3
5055 Variations of the Epic Model: The Projection of Homeric Themes in Western Literatures Semester (1) 3
5056 The Poetics of Reality in Ancient Latin Literature: The Satire, the Fable and the Epigram Semester (1) 3
  French and Francophone Literature    
5057 From the Nouveau Román to the New Trends in the French Novel at the End of the 20th Century Semester (2) 6
5058 19th Century French Literature in European Context Semester (2) 6
5059 French Literature from the 16th to the 18th Century in European Perspective Semester (1) 6
  Spanish and Latin American Literature    
5060 Spanish and European Contemporary Poetry Semester (2) 3
5061 Domains and Expressions of Latin American Humanism Semester (1) 3
5062 Spanish Narrative in European Context: The Short Story and the Novel Semester (2) 6
5063 Spanish Literature and Its European Relations Semester (1) 6
  British and Anglophone Literature    
5064 Anglophone Modernism and the European Avant-Gardes Semester (2) 3
5065 From the Page to the Screen: Anglophone Literature and Its Cinematic Adaptation Semester (2) 3
5066 Shakespeare and Its European Reception Semester (1) 6
5067 The Novel in English Semester (2) 3
5068 Anglophone Postmodernity Semester (1) 3
  Medieval Romance, Italian, German Literature    
5069 Romance Literatures: The Beginnings of European Literature Semester (1) 6
5070 German and European Romanticism Semester (2) 6
5071 Literary Views of Italy: Hispanic Travellers and their Trace in our Literature Semester (1) 6