General description

General and Comparative Literature involves investigating literature both in its uniqueness and in its diversity across languages, and the commonalities and differences that emerge. On the general literature side, those completing the program have a basic knowledge of poetics and literary aesthetics: What is literature? How is it produced and received? What regional and historical commonalities and differences are there? On the comparative literature side, they are able to analyze the relationships between texts in different languages (primarily German, French, and English) and literatures in dialogue with other arts and cultural manifestations and processes in the form of their own areas of focus.

Admission requirements

For general Informations on Application see: https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/studies/application; More Informations in regulations and admission requirements of the program of study.

Branch of studies

Comparative literature

ECTS credits

60 ECTS Credits

Language of instruction

German