As a Russell Group university with a difference, George Steiner's belief that comparison enables us to see more resonates with us, and this is the philosophy that our programme is built around.
Our Comparative Literature programme has broader horizons than more traditional literature degrees. Rather than concentrating on the literature of one nation or language, it enables you to study literature across different nations, time periods and languages – either in the original if you speak that language, or in translation if you don’t.
Comparative Literature doesn’t simply stop at literature. It encourages you to study across different media such as film, visual culture and music, as well as a range of academic fields like geography and the environment; philosophy and political theory; and childhood studies. Comparatists are interested in how texts and ideas have been adapted, translated and circulated across the world, from antiquity to the present day. The cultural and academic breadth of the subject means that, if you have a broad range of interests, you don’t have to leave any of them behind.
You will graduate as a well-rounded individual with an impressive set of transferable skills, including analytical ability, highly sophisticated reading skills and first-rate presentation skills.
Ailsa Wheeler has had many great experiences since graduating from our Comparative Literature degree programme.
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