Want to study Taylor Swift's music? Belgian university offers 'Swifterature' course

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Taylor Swift phenomenon continues, in the middle of re-released albums and The Eras Tour. After an online game, the singer-songwriter now has a study course in her music. Ghent University in Belgium is set to launch a literature course that will cover the artistic genius of popstar Taylor Swift and her music.

The Taylor Swift course at the Belgian university is titled ‘Literature: Taylor’s Version’, the name being inspired by the several re-recorded songs and albums of Taylor Swift. The ‘Swifterature’ (Swift literature) course will be held for the first time this autumn and will be conducted under the guidance of distinguished academic and assistant professor Elly McCausland, who holds bachelor’s and master's degrees from Oxford University as well as a Ph.D. from the University of York. McCausland is known for her blog titled ‘Swifterature’, which as the name suggests deeply looks into Taylor Swift's songs. It covers the lyrics, themes, imagery, and linguistic nuances in her songs, comparing them with great authors like William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Margaret Atwood, Simon Armitage, and Sylvia Plath, among others.

Moneycontrol reports that the university describes Taylor Swift’s course as follows: «Highly prolific and autobiographical in her songwriting, Swift makes frequent allusions to canonical literary texts in her music. Using Swift’s work as a springboard, we will explore, among other topics, literary feminism, ecocriticism, fan studies, and tropes such as the anti-hero. Swift’s enduring popularity stems, at least in part, from the heavily intertextual aspect of her work, and this course will dig deeper to explore its literary