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TUM Classification System - Literary Studies

LIT 000Belonging to the Subject; not further Classified
LIT 005Literary Studies in General (incl. Connections to Other Sciences)
LIT 010General Literary Sciences; Comparative Literary Sciences
LIT 200Literary Studies of Individual Languages
LIT 210European Language Literature
LIT 800Literature of Non-European Languages
  • LIT 000: Belonging to the Subject; not further Classified
  • LIT 005: Literary Studies in General (incl. Connections to Other Sciences)
  • LIT 010: General Literary Sciences; Comparative Literary Sciences
    • LIT 020: Literature Reviews Going Beyond Individual Literature (History of Literature, Literary Studies, Sociology of Literature; Multilingual National Literature)
      • LIT 022: European Language Literature
        • LIT 024: Multilingual National Literature of Europe (e.g. Switzerland)
      • LIT 029: Other
    • LIT 030: Theory of Literary Studies, History of Literature (incl. Sociology of Literature) and Literary Criticism
    • LIT 040: Auxiliary Sciences
      Graphology, see GES 093
      Literary Translation, see LIN 120
      • LIT 042: History of Text and Tradition
      • LIT 044: Textual Criticism
    • LIT 050: Modes and Forms of Presentation (Verse, Literary Rhetoric, Rhetorical Device et al.)
    • LIT 060: Subjects of Presentation (Matter, Motifs, Topoi, Issues, Problems, et al.)
    • LIT 070: Rhetorical Devices (Grotesque, Irony, Tragedy, Humor, Mannerism, et al.)
    • LIT 080: Styles
    • LIT 100: Literary Genres
      • LIT 110: Poetry
        • LIT 113: Individual Genres
      • LIT 120: Drama
        • LIT 123: Individual Genres
        • LIT 135: Drama in Mass-Media (Radio Play, Television Film, Film Drama, et al.)
        • LIT 144: Other Forms of Drama (e.g. Sketch, Cabaret, Revue, et al.)
      • LIT 145: Epic Poetry
        • LIT 150: Novel; Epic Poetry
        • LIT 153: Individual Genres
        • LIT 160: Short Epic Literary Forms (Novella, Narration, Short-Stories, Anecdote, Fable, Ballads, Art Fairytales, Comics, Photo Novels, et al.)
      • LIT 175: Folk Poetry (Folk Song, Folk Drama, Chapbook, et al.)
        • LIT 180: Non-Fiction Styles (Biographies, Diaries, Travel Writings, Letter, Essay, Speech, Preamble, et al.)
          Forms and Styles in Journalism see KOM 335
        • LIT 185: Simple Forms / Styles (Legends, Fairytale / Myth, Saga, Jokes, Riddles, Proverbs, Quotes / Citations, Aphorisms, ...)
      • LIT 189: Other Literary Genres
    • LIT 199: Other
  • LIT 200: Literary Studies of Individual Languages
  • LIT 210: European Language Literature
    • LIT 220: German Literature
      • LIT 250: German Dialects
    • LIT 300: English Literature
    • LIT 348: Literature of Other Germanic Languages (According to First Letter of Sal Abbreviation Instead of Library Code, e.g. Danish, Nederlands (Literally Netherlandish-Dutch), Norwegian, Swedish)
      • LIT 349: Individual Persons of Other Germanic Languages
    • LIT 360: Latin Literature
    • LIT 400: French Literature
    • LIT 440: Spanish Literature
    • LIT 490: Italian Literature
    • LIT 548: Literature of Other Romance Languages (According to First Letter of Sal Abbreviation Instead of Library Code, e.g. Portuguese, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romanian)
      • LIT 549: Individual Persons of Other Romance Languages
    • LIT 550: Greek Literature
    • LIT 620: Russian Literature
    • LIT 698: Literature of Other Slavic Languages (According to First Letter of Sal Abbreviation Instead of Library Code, e.g. Bulgarian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Slovakian, Czech)
      • LIT 699: Individual Persons of Other Slavic Languages
    • LIT 798: Literature of Other European Languages (According to First Letter of Sal Abbreviation Instead of Library Code, e.g. Albanian, Finnish, Hungarian)
      • LIT 799: Individual Persons of Other European Languages
  • LIT 800: Literature of Non-European Languages
    • LIT 898: First Letter of Sal Abbreviation Instead of Library Code, e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Persian, Turkish)
      • LIT 899: Individual Persons of Other Non-European Languages