Marie Gicquel, edited by Laura Laplaud / Photo credit: MICHAEL TRAN / AFP 09:19, August 15, 2023

At the beginning of the next academic year, it will be possible to study language and literature courses devoted to the American Taylor Swift at a university in Ghent, Belgium. An optional course that will compare the language of the singer to that of classical authors.

Unusual courses at the beginning of the school year at this university in Ghent, Belgium. Forget Shakespeare, students in Master of Language and Literature will be able to follow a course dedicated to the American singer Taylor Swift with multiple sales records. A funny course, optional, which will compare the language of Swift to that of classical authors.

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At the head of this course, a professor of literature fan of the singer

References to Romeo and Juliet, Peter Pan or Alice in Wonderland, the use of metaphor, feminism, the image of the antihero... Here is the program of this module dedicated to the pop-star Taylor Swift who can boast of having sold nearly 200 million albums and caused, literally, a small earthquake in Seattle during a concert last July.

Leading the course is literature professor Elly McCauland. A British fan of the American pop singer who wants to dust off English literature classes.

Courses on Beyoncé, Harry Potter or The Simpsons

Taylor Swift, 33, was already studied at American universities like other stars before her: Michael Jackson and the music business, the influence of the Beatles on tourism in Liverpool or black feminism in Rihanna.

The prestigious École Normale Supérieure (ENS) has even offered a course on the course of the one nicknamed Queen B, namely Beyoncé. But if you are a little more interested in screen stars, you can find courses on Harry Potter, characters from the Disney universe or The Simpsons.