Literature and civilization

What makes this academic Master's program unique is its commitment to rethinking literary studies through a transdisciplinary lens. It brings together three major areas of scholarship—French Literature, Comparative Literature, and Foreign Literatures—into a single field of inquiry. By exploring the diversity of literary works, traditions, disciplines, and theories, the program aims to examine how language engages with the notion of the “other,” while addressing cultural and political questions of identity, difference, and the idea of a “world literature.”

Firmly grounded in critical thinking about the contemporary world and its transcultural shifts—such as globalization, postcolonial dynamics, and the evolving landscape of literary and cultural knowledge—the program invites students to explore these transformations through a broad, interdisciplinary approach.

The Master in Civilization and French-language Literature emphasizes the mutual enrichment of literary studies and the humanities. It encourages both critical and creative thinking around the theoretical, political, historical, philosophical, epistemological, and artistic dimensions of movements and genres, discourses, and meaning.

Core approaches include:

• Poetics and language theory
• Literature and philosophy
• Psychoanalysis
• Narratology
• Text and society
• Text and history
• Semiotics
• Discourse analysis
• Literature and science
• Literature and new media
• Literary translation
• Cultural studies
• Postcolonial studies

By the end of the Master’s program, students are expected to have acquired the essential knowledge needed to pursue careers in academic research and teaching.

This multidisciplinary training connects the study of civilization and literature with other fields such as sociology, psychology, linguistics, pedagogy, and translation studies. It offers students the opportunity to deepen their understanding across a variety of domains. The program also focuses on the development of teaching and learning frameworks specific to the instruction of French-language civilization and literature in the Algerian context.