Comparative Literature University of Birmingham

Overview

Within the Comparative Literature and Critical Theories at the University of Birmingham , you'll examine the dialogue and conversation between comparative literature and critical theories. There are a variety of directions you can take with your research, with our experts on hand to offer their knowledge in specific languages, cultures or theoretical approaches. 

Key facts

You can access supervisors from across the College of Arts and Law. Other areas in the College include Film, Music, and Art History, offering you opportunities to explore different forms of culture like music, digital formats and works of art.

• Benefit from our postgraduate training programme and exclusive postgraduate events run by the Department of Modern Languages.

• Create your own interdisciplinary team of supervisors with expertise in the areas you want to research.

• Explore cultural forms across one or more languages. These include English, Arabic, Catalan, French, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.