Modern German and Comparative Literature

['Comparative Literature in Theory and Practice', 'German Modernism', 'Post-War Literature and Memory', 'European Modernism: Sexual and Textual Deviance', 'Writing the Self: Autobiography in the Modern Period', 'German Dissertation', 'provide you with the knowledge and skills to prepare you for the academic study of German and/or comparative literature at MPhil/PhD level', 'attract outstanding students, irrespective of race, background, gender, or physical disability from within the UK', 'further the University\\\\x92s International Strategy by attracting graduate students from abroad as well as from the UK', 'enable you to begin to specialise in your areas of interest', 'enable you to hone your ability to read literature and literary theory critically and comparatively in both German and English', 'provide you, consistent with the first point above, with a transition from undergraduate study to independent research', 'provide you with a training that will culminate, if followed through, to PhD level, in the ability to submit articles to refereed journals in German and comparative literature.', 'several key periods in modern German and European literature, based on a critical study of the relevant literature', 'the applicable techniques for research and advanced academic enquiry in German and European literature, in particular through an engagement with literary theory, questions of genre (poetry, prose, drama), the concept of literary \\\\x91movements\\\\x92, literary strategies of \\\\x91memory\\\\x92', 'how to conceptualise, design and implement your final project (the dissertation).', 'listening attentively to complex presentations; using your powers of analysis and imagination', 'reading carefully a variety of technical and non-technical material', 'using libraries effectively', 'reflecting clearly and critically on oral and written sources', 'marshalling a complex body of texts', 'remembering relevant material and bringing it to mind when needed', 'constructing cogent arguments in the evaluation of this material.', 'the ability to read and analyse complex texts in German and English', 'the ability to read German literature in a comparative European context', 'the ability to differentiate between the formal implications of differing genres (ie poetry, prose, drama) and to respond to the differing problems of these genres', 'the ability to situate literary texts in their socio-historial context', 'the ability to analyse differing depictions of processes of memory.', 'the ability to participate in seminar discussions, responding to the', 'views of others and to criticisms of your own views without giving or taking offence; engaging in independent group work, including the running of the graduate seminar', 'the ability to discuss complex material in German and English', 'the ability to produce focused and cogent written work, giving oral presentations, using visual aids where appropriate', 'the ability to problem-solve and defend your own solutions with cogent arguments', 'the ability to identify your strengths and weaknesses, assess the quality of your work, manage your time, meet deadlines and learn to work independently', 'the ability to use online information sources, word process essays, use email to receive and respond to communications.']