Course Details

Literatur ֠Kultur ֠Sprache, a one-year taught M.Phil. programme, is specifically designed as a preparation for graduates aiming at a career in third-level teaching, though it is also taken by other advanced students interested in deepening their understanding of modern German culture and its intellectual contexts (current courses range from Erzahlungen vom Unbewussten in Aufklarung und Romantik through Um 1900: Jahrhundertwende to Kunst nach Auschwitz). The course trains students in literary critical methodology, through courses in Theory and Methodology and Praktikum Textarbeit. It also provides an introduction to language pedagogy: the course Didaktik Deutsch als Fremdsprache studies theories of language acquisition and their practical application, including that of intercultural contexts. The 25,000 word dissertation, usually on a literary, cultural or related topic, is an opportunity to explore a chosen topic in depth and a preparation for research.