University of Siena
Modern Literature
Siena, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
Italian
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Modern Literature
This degree course aims to train master’s graduates who have a considerable overall cultural knowledge in the humanities and who are able to understand and study specific topics in the field of literary history, philology, the history of language, literary theory, and the history of criticism. It also gives ample space to the study of foreign languages, philologies, and literatures as an indispensable tool for international communication and critical reflection, even in a comparative perspective.
Double Degree option: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris (France)
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for information.
Curriculum
The degree course in Modern Literatures has two curricula taught in Italian:
- Philological, linguistic and literary
- Foreign literature
Program Outcome
Credits - 120 ECTS
Awards - MA (LM-14 Class of second cycle degrees in Modern Philology)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The educational project of this Degree Course aims to train professionals with profound and wide-ranging linguistic and cultural skills, required in different sectors: public relations, human resources, press offices, publishing, Italian cultural institutes abroad, libraries, centers of culture. The degree course also prepares students for research in the university and private fields, and guarantees access to further training courses for teaching in schools.
Program delivery
In addition to in-presence teaching, which continues to be the preferred method also in the next Academic Year, every single lesson will be simultaneously live-streamed and/or video recorded and uploaded on our digital platform for subsequent viewing. This mode is essential for students who are temporarily unable to be on premises.