Master of Arts in Anglophone Literatures and Media

Program overview The two-year master's program brings together anglophone print literatures and contemporary media studies, asking students to read and analyse traditional literary forms (narrative fiction, drama, poetry) alongside cinematic, television and new-media texts. Adaptation studies are an integral component, so students explore how stories migrate between formats and media. The course is taught in English and takes a broadly transcultural and transnational approach, examining works from the British Isles, North America, and anglophone postcolonial and diaspora contexts.

Curriculum and structure Coursework combines mandatory set modules that offer both diachronic (historical) and synchronic (contemporary) perspectives on the anglophone world with compulsory elective modules that let you pursue either research-oriented or career-oriented specialisations, as well as options that support internationalisation. In the third semester students take a focused linguistics seminar addressing either language and media or contemporary global varieties of English. In addition, the university’s free elective programme lets you supplement the core curriculum with interdisciplinary or creative combinations.

Why this might suit you If you are interested in intersecting literary scholarship with media analysis and want to study anglophone cultures across national and transnational boundaries, this program provides flexible pathways toward research or professional development. The balance of mandatory modules, selectable specialisations and free electives makes it possible to tailor the degree to academic interests (e.g., adaptation theory, media studies, global anglophone literatures) or to practical skills useful in cultural and media sectors.

Program details and requirements (concise)

• Duration: two years (master’s level)
• Language of instruction: English
• Core content: narrative fiction, drama, poetry, cinematic, television and new media texts, adaptation studies
• Third-semester requirement: one linguistics seminar (focus on language & media or global varieties of English)
• Module types: set modules (diachronic and synchronic perspectives); compulsory elective modules (research-focused, professional specialisations, internationalisation)
• Opportunity to choose university free electives to complement the core curriculum

The curriculum is built around four core modules taught across the first three semesters. These modules combine seminars and lectures that explore both diachronic (historical) and synchronic (contemporary) approaches to anglophone literature, media studies, intermedial relations and language. Alongside the core teaching, students take compulsory elective modules designed to provide academic and professional orientation and to support internationalisation, plus a choice of free elective classes from the university’s course pool. The programme’s final semester is reserved for an independently researched master’s thesis and participation in a research colloquium.

Graduates will emerge with strong interdisciplinary research skills and the ability to analyse texts and media across historical periods and contemporary contexts. The programme emphasizes close reading, theoretical and methodological competence in literature and media studies, and practical orientation for academic or professional pathways. The research colloquium and thesis enable students to apply learned methods to a sustained individual project and to present and discuss findings in a peer setting—preparing them for further research or careers that require advanced critical and communicative abilities.

Program components / requirements:

• Four core modules delivered over three semesters (seminars and lectures with diachronic and synchronic perspectives)
• Compulsory elective modules in the first three semesters focusing on professional/academic orientation and internationalisation
• Choice of free elective classes from the university’s course pool during the first three semesters
• Fourth semester dedicated to the master’s thesis and the research colloquium

Graduates gain competencies in critical analysis of texts and media, interdisciplinary research methods, and specialised knowledge of anglophone cultural contexts—skills relevant to academic research and doctoral study. The programme prepares students to pursue careers in higher education, research institutions, or further postgraduate study.

Outside academia, alumni can apply their expertise in cultural institutions, publishing, journalism, media production, communications and PR, or international cultural management. The professional-orientation electives and opportunities for internships or study abroad help build practical experience and international networks valued by employers.