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BA Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft at LMU Munich

LMU Munich, Germany

Programme overview

Investigates literary techniques in their historical and global forms, drawing on aesthetics, rhetoric and narratology. Texts from many periods and languages are studied through theory-led analysis of what literature was, is or could be.

Faculty: Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: München, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Theory-led study of literary texts from many epochs and languages, with attention to text and context.

Career pathways

Graduates work as authors, translators, dramaturges, or in journalism, publishing, cultural management, museums and humanities research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Higher education entrance qualification; open admission (no admission restriction). 120 ECTS (combined with a minor subject).

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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