Master of Arts in Literary Studies

The Advanced Master of Arts in Literary Studies is an interuniversity programme organised by the University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University, and KU Leuven. It will expand your knowledge of contemporary literary theory, as well as historical and modern literature. Leading (inter)national literary scholars will teach you what makes literature such a vital research topic, and the various ways to study it.

Subsequent Master's Programme

1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

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1 General Courses 44

1.1 Advanced Reference Framework

8

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Atelier	1	sem 1	nl	Sascha Bru	4

Literature from a Historical Perspective: Traditions, Concepts and Methods	1	sem 2		Koen De Temmerman	4

1.2 Methodological Courses

18

Subscribe to 18 credit units from the following list.

Students who wish to replace a methodological course with the course 'Research Initiation' must request permission from the programme manager.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
History of the Book and Digital Humanities	1				6

Genetic Literary Studies: Modern Manuscripts	1	sem 1	nl	Olga Beloborodova	6

Age and Literature	1			Vanessa Joosen	6

Literature and Decolonisation	1	sem 1	nl	Pieter Vermeulen	6

Theory of Poetry: Capita Selecta	1	sem 1	nl	Yves T'Sjoen	6

Theory and Analysis of Narrative Texts: Recent Developments	1	sem 2	nl	Gunther Martens	6

1.3 International Obligatory Course

6

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Mandatory International Module		1	year			6

1.4 Corpus Courses

12

Subscribe to 12 credit units from the following list.

Students who wish to replace a methodological course with the course 'Research Initiation' must request permission from the programme manager.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The Avant-Garde Archive	1	sem 2	nl	Sascha Bru	6

Short Forms in Literature	1	sem 2	nl	Elke D'Hoker	6

Literature of the Middle Ages	1	sem 2	nl	Geert Claassens	6

Literature of the Enlightenment: Fact and Fiction from a Transcultural Perspective	1				6

1.5 Research Initiation

The 'Research Initiation' course can be included as a replacement for a methodological course or a corpus course. Students request permission for this from the programme manager.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Research Initiation		1	year	nl	Pieter Vermeulen	6

2 Master's Dissertation 16

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	nl		16

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