French Literature and Linguistics
Follow-up Master's degree in full-time form. The language of instruction is Czech.
The programme can be studied as a single subject or in combination with another programme.
Admission to Master's degree programmes in 2024/2025 (beginning: Spring 2025)
Submission deadline until midnight 30 November 2024.
What will you learn?
Would you aim to improve your proficiency in interpretation of French text?
Philology = How do to (real) things with words
The Master in French Literature and Linguistics is specifically designed for you ! after the bachelor programme, which is a large introduction to French literature and practical language, greater importance is given in the Master’s programme to various applications of theoretical aspects of French philology, both in linguistics and literature. Stress is put on the textual dimension of studies and text interpretation : in that way, the Master's programme conveys knowledge of descriptive and analytical methods, extremely useful in contemporary times. Students are also expected to acquire the skills for independent and interdisciplinary scientific work.
Is the French Language and Literature program right for you?
Which skills should you expect to improve?
The purpose of the Master's thesis is to acquire an in-depth knowledge of a specific topic (in literature or linguistics). Students should demonstrate the ability to work critically with specialized texts, use the concepts and theories learned, then propose personal interpretations of texts. Spirit of initiative and originality are especially highlighted.
You did not get a Bachelor’s degree in French studies?
Students enrolled usually have a Bachelor’s degree in French Literature and Linguistics, but this is not mandatory. Further interviews will be required if not.
Practical training
Would you like to travel and spend a semester or more in France?
An Erasmus stay in France is possible and recommended (but not mandatory) : in that purpose, our department has already set up two very successful double-degree partnerships with Paris-Est and Rennes 2.
Career opportunities
The Master’s programme provides all required competences for professions in journalistic, social or cultural sectors as well as academically oriented careers. Students in French Literature and Linguistics can be outstanding teachers too.
Admission requirements
Deadline for submitting applications: August 1 - November 30
Who the programme is intended for: The programme is intended for all graduates of Bachelor’s studies, knowledge of the language at the C1 level according to CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) is expected.
Subject matter of the entrance examination: oral examination. The applicant will have a discussion in French about their Bachelor’s or minor thesis. The thesis can be sent in electronic form - if it is already finished - to the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures to ccusim@phil.muni.cz. The oral examination takes about 20 minutes.
Waiver of the entrance examination: The entrance examination can be waived for students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree field/programme French Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University with the mark A-B. The entrance examination may also be waived for applicants whose overall result of the Bachelor's State Examination in programme of French Language and Literature at the MU Faculty of Arts was assessed as “passed with excellent results”. Applicants can ask for a waiver for the entrance examination via the e-application form, section "Application for waiver of the entrance examination".
Website Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.
General information on the course of the admission procedure to the follow-up Master’s degree programmes at FA MU can be found here. Documents for the current admission procedure are kept in Materials for Applicants.
Criteria for evaluation
Pass/fail line of the entrance examination: 50 points (out of 100).
Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years
Study options
Single-subject studies
Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.
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Full-time studies in czech
What will you learn?
Combined studies
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics and Culture Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Andragogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Culture Management (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Latin language and literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Literature and Intercultural Communication (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Medieval Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Slavistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Social pedagogy and counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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French language and literature (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
(Currently no open admission procedure)
French Literature and Linguistics as a minor degree programme
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Aesthetics and Cultural Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Ancient History (MA) (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Andragogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Culture Management (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Literature and Intercultural Communication (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Medieval Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Slavonic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor) -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure) -
Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
+ French language and literature (minor)
(Currently no open admission procedure)
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Follow-up studies
Do you plan to become an academic?
After completion of the Master‘s programme, it is of course possible to enrol in the Doctoral studies. The candidates must fulfil the admission requirements : curriculum, letter of interest and interview.
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
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| Type of studies | Follow-up master's | |
| Mode | full-time | Yes |
| combined | No | |
| distance | No | |
| Study options | single-subject studies | Yes |
| single-subject studies with specialization | No | |
| major/minor studies | Yes | |
| Standard length of studies | 2 years | |
| Language of instruction | Czech | |
Do you have any questions?
Send us an e-mail
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doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Consultant
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doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano
Consultant
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