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Comparative Literature and Culture
‘It is only by way of comparison that we
know the truth precisely’.
— Descartes, Regulæ ad directionem
ingenii
The creation and reception of literature
is a communal activity: it traverses
cultures, languages, social boundaries
and national borders. It confronts us at
each moment with visions of what is
unknown to us, with what is
fundamentally other. Comparative
Literature is the study of literary and
cultural texts at such borders and
crossroads, between languages, cultures,
eras, genres, artistic and scientific
disciplines (music, visual and
theatrical arts, and the hard sciences).
Queen Mary, University of London,
situated in East London’s Mile End, is a
college whose staff and student body
represent great social, national and
economic diversity. If comparison is
truly a fundamental aspect of the way we
come to know the world, Comparative
Literature at Queen Mary takes such
diversity as the starting point of the
study of literature in the contemporary
world.
The department of Comparative Literature
in the School of Languages, Linguistics
and Film is a young and dynamic
department that offers a range of
innovative and highly popular
undergraduate and now postgraduate
programmes, from single honours
Comparative Literature to joint honours
combinations with History,
Film,
Linguistics,
or one of the following languages: French,
German,
Iberian
and
Latin
American Studies or Russian.
Staff
Rüdiger
Görner
Will
McMorran
Angus
Nicholls
Leonard
Olschner
Galin
Tihanov
Kiera
Vaclavik
Affiliated
Staff
Elza
Adamowicz
Kirsteen
Anderson
Elena
Carrera
Omar
García-Obregón
Robert
Gillett
Jeremy
Hicks
Edward
Hughes
Shirley
Jordan
Astrid
Köhler
Parvati
Nair
Andreas
Schönle
Rosa
Vidal Doval
Else
Vieira
Courses available (undergraduate):
Coming soon..
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