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9 Master's degrees in Literature in Netherlands
Language, Literature and Education
The Language, Literature and Education programme of the University of Amsterdam is a one-year programme designed for students who are interested in teaching language and literature. You will specialise in one of seven major European languages or language families.
Literature in Society. Europe and Beyond
Develop your knowledge of the interactive relationship between literature and society, focusing on key political and social issues from a transnational perspective. Leiden University's MA in Literature in Society. Europe and Beyond offers specialised knowledge on the role and impact of literature in society.
Italian Literature and Culture
This Italian Literature and Culture MA programme at Leiden University offers an excellent qualification in Italian literature and culture on an advanced level through lectures and seminars led by specialists in the field.

Literary Studies
The Literary Studies course Leiden University offers you a specialised qualification in one of four languages and cultures or a comparative perspective on literature and culture, with each programme offering considerable scope for individual customisation.
Literature, Culture and Society (Literary Studies)
The Literature, Culture and Society (Literary Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam has a unique focus on the ways in which contemporary literature, culture, and society are interlinked and inform and influence each other.
English Literature and Culture
The one-year English Literature and Culture MA programme at Leiden University focuses on the interaction between literature and key political and social issues such as identity, migration, memory and the metropolis, but also between literature and the literary tradition, and literature and film.
English Literature and Culture (Literary Studies)
In the one-year English Literature and Culture (Literary Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam, you explore the history and theory of literature in English, and study its relationship with other media, while engaging key issues of intellectual concern in society, politics and culture.
Comparative Literature (Literary Studies)
Grounded in literary and cultural theory, the one-year Comparative Literature (Literary Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam trains you to analyse cultural objects (both Western and non-Western) within an interdisciplinary theoretical framework and a globalised context.
German Literature and Culture
The German Literature and Culture MA programme at Leiden University offers the largest number of German-language master’s courses in the Netherlands and covers the fields of literary and cultural studies from the Middle Ages to the present.