ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course in European Literary Cultures

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1 ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course in For a critical approach to the study of European languages and literatures The Erasmus Mundus programme is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education. It aims to enhance quality in European higher education and to promote intercultural understanding through co-operation with third countries. The programme is intended to strengthen European co-operation and international links in higher education by supporting high-quality European Masters Courses, enabling students and visiting scholars from around the world to engage in postgraduate study at European higher education institutions. The Erasmus Mundus Master Course in is a high-quality Master level programme offered by a consortium of higher education institutions in three different European countries. The course foresees a study period in at least two of the three institutions and leads to the award of a recognized double or degree.

2 What is ERASMUS MUNDUS CLE? The Master CLE in is an Erasmus Mundus programme offering to European and International graduates: two years of excellence courses in two or three European universities in at least three European languages: French, Italian or Greek in at least three domains of European thought: 1. literature, 2. cultural history, 3. language sciences This high-level Masters course wants to educate its students to manage the multicultural aspects of the European scene Perticipating Institutions Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna ITALY Université de Haute-Alsace (Mulhouse), FRANCE Université de Strasbourg FRANCE Aristoteleion Panepistimion Thessaloniki GREECE Project Coordinator Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Prof. Anna Soncini Local Coordinators Université de Haute-Alsace Prof. Peter Schnyder Université de Strasbourg Prof. Pierre Hartmann Aristoteleion Panepistimion Thessaloniki Prof. Georges Fréris Scientific Committee Ruggero Campagnoli (President Università di Bologna), Georges Fréris (Aristoteleion Panepistimion Thessaloniki), Pierre Hartmann (Université de Strasbourg), Joseph Jurt (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), Robert Kopp (Universität Basel), Peter Schnyder (Université de Haute-Alsace), Anna Soncini (Project coordinator - Università di Bologna).

3 Objective The main objective of the Erasmus Mundus CLE Master Course is to train a cultural operator / a researcher / a teacher to have a good range of methodologies and a high cultural appreciation of the different contexts of European culture which enable a comparison with other cultures. The main characteristic of this profile is the combination of the historical-linguistic skills, also at an advanced level, and a high knowledge of other disciplines. These profiles are characterized by the continual application of the linguistic and cultural skills within an analytical and critical perspective. They also aim at overcoming the rigid nationalistic idea of literary cultures which have contributed to the creation of a European culture, with the aim of gaining a unitary vision of the common cultural heritage. European and international graduates shall be employed in the institutions or foundations aimed to the cultural promotion, both in Europe and Third countries: for example, museums, cultural council offices, embassy offices, Culture Institutes abroad. Who can apply The Erasmus Mundus CLE Master Course is a open to all European and Thirdcountry students with: 1. an excellent curriculum, 2. a BA equivalent degree involving courses in: - Literature - Language (Linguistics and Language Sciences, Philology) - History - Art History 3. a good knowledge of English and of one of the following languages: French, Italian or Greek.

4 Scholarships A number of EU-funded scholarships are available for students/scholars with an excellent academic curriculum: EUROPEAN AND THIRD COUNTRY STUDENTS: from to / year THIRD COUNTRY SCHOLARS: up to for a maximum of 3 months Additional grants for inter-european mobility are also available for EU students. APPLICATIONS for the academic years opened on November 2009 Programme Bologna Toward a European Literature: Literary Tradition and Innovation It analyses, from an historical point of view, the development of literary Europe from the Renaissance to Modernity Mulhouse Spaces and European cultures: contrasts and interferences It analyses, diachronically, the complex and often dialectic nature of the European literary space Strasbourg Rhetoric and literary configurations It focuses on the exam of the rhetorical, narrative and intertextual mechanisms structuring European literature Thessaloniki Impact and Reception of Ancient Tradition It focuses on the analysis of the permanence of ancient literatures in modern European literatures

5 Students mobility CLE students will be allowed mobility among two or three universities of the consortium in order to: complete their course of study, develop a research project, receive a double or. CLE students are required to move to a different institution starting from the third semester and they have 3 possibilities: Semester 1 + Semester 2 UNIVERSITY 1 Semester 3 Semester 3 Semester 3 Semester 4 UNIVERSITY 1 Semester 4 Semester 4 UNIVERSITY 3

6 Multiple At the end of the Master Course, the consortium universities provide a double or. Institution Title of the issued Diploma Type of Diploma Alma Mater Studiorum Università degli Studi di Bologna ITALY UHA Université de Haute-Alsace Mulhouse - FRANCE Laurea Specialistica in Italianistica, Culture Letterarie Europee e Scienze Linguistiche - Percorso Culture Letterarie Europee - Master en Lettres et civilisations UDS Université de Strasbourg FRANCE Master en Littérature française générale et comparée et études théâtrales - Parcours Cultures Littéraires Européennes - AUTH Aristoteleion Panepistimion Thessaloniki GREECE Metaptychiako de littérature - Parcours littérature comparée - Contact Web site: Erasmus Mundus CLE Secretariat: Dott.ssa Lucia Manservisi Università di Bologna Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne Via Cartoleria, Bologna - Italia t f e lmanser@lingue.unibo.it Programme coordinator: Prof. Anna Soncini Università di Bologna Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne Via Cartoleria, Bologna - Italia t f e soncini@lingue.unibo.it