Comparative Literature and Culture BA at Royal Holloway, University of London

A degree in Comparative Literature and Culture gives you the opportunity to explore the similarities and differences between the literatures and cultures produced in different languages, places, and historical periods. CLC may appeal if you have already enjoyed studying English, Drama, Languages, or History of Art at A Level but wish to develop your understanding of these subjects by taking a more global, comparative perspective.

Department: Comparative Literature and Culture  |  Duration: 3 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1: Reading Texts: Criticism for Comparative Literature; Year 2: Histories of Representation, Critical Worlds: Theory for Comparative Literature and Culture. Optional modules: Year 1: Key French Texts: The Individual and Society, The Visual Image in French Culture and Society, Introduction to German Studies, International Film 1: Contexts and Practices, Reading Texts: Criticism for Comparative Literature and others; Year 2: Histories of Representation, Critical Worlds: Theory for Comparative Literature and Culture, International Film 2: Readings and Representations, Visual Arts II: Genre and Movements, Writing Romance and Desire and others; Year 3: Tongues of Exile: Exophonic and Translingual Literature, 21st-century World Food Fictions: Feeding Interdisciplinary Understandings of Identity Constructs, From Aestheticism to the Avant-Garde, Transnationalism, Diaspora and Globalisation in Contemporary Film: Dissertation, Comparative Literature and Culture: Comparative Dissertation and others.

Career pathways

Graduating with a degree in Comparative Literature and Culture from Royal Holloway will help you stand out in a crowded global marketplace. Students of Comparative Literature and Culture are attractive to employers because they think quickly and flexibly, communicate effectively, have a rich cultural and transnational awareness and the ability to analyse closely and range broadly.

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