Comparative Literature and Culture

About this course

Comparative literature and culture is a discipline that reads across national and linguistic boundaries, asking what texts and cultural objects from different traditions share and how they differ. Rather than focusing on the literature of a single nation or language, it sets works in dialogue with each other, using comparison as a method of analysis that reveals things about both texts that would be invisible if each were read in isolation. It is a field that is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on literary theory, cultural history, translation studies, linguistics, and philosophy, and it develops a particularly wide and flexible intellectual toolkit. At Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, part of the University of London, this three-year full-time programme gives you the opportunity to explore the similarities and differences between literatures and cultures across different la

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →

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