MA in German as a Minority Language and Literature (Deutsch als Minderheitensprache und -kultur)

The goal of the degree program is to train experts who have sound general and special knowledge and understanding of the history, language, language use, literature, intellectual and material culture, and identity of the German minority in Hungary and as well as considerable expertise in the German language, literature, and culture. The program will also introduce students to the general legal, social, and institutional conditions of minority life.

In addition - like in the MA degree program in German Studies - comprehensive knowledge will be provided in the following areas: The present and past of literary studies and linguistics Schools, trends and genres in the history of German literature The history of the German language Sociolinguistics Contact linguistics

Examples of Subjects During the Studies

1st semester

• Vergangenheit und Gegenwart der Literaturwissenschaft /Vorlesung
• Methoden der Literaturwissenschaft /Seminar
• Sprachgeschichte /Vorlesung und Seminar

2nd semester

• Deutschsprachige Literatur in Mittel- und Südosteuropa /Vorlesung
• Dialektologie /Vorlesung
• Sprache und Identität der Ungarndeutschen /Vorlesung

3rd semester

• Das Rechts- und Institutionssystem der Ungarndeutschen /Vorlesung
• Interkulturalität und Mehrsprachigkeit /Vorlesung
• Namenkunde /Seminar

4th semester

• Interkulturelle und intertextuelle Interpretationen /Seminar
• Sprachtypologie /Seminar
• Projektarbeit /Seminar