Comparative Literature Second Level Modules
Comparative Literature degree programmes start in 2011. For more information, contact Dr Emily Finer, ef50@st-andrews.ac.uk.
The programme’s starting point at Subhonours levels is to raise awareness of different genres and themes as they appear in a range of literatures (including French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, UK, USA, Latin American) and to address the issue of how to study literature comparatively. To this end all lectures will be given by subject experts who will also be responsible for establishing seminar discussion topics.
Please be aware that module details are only correct for the current academic session and may change from one year to the next.
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Please note that individual courses of study have to be approved by the relevant Faculty and your choice of modules may be restricted by the regulations. If in doubt, please ask for advice.
CO2001 Good and Evil
This module will provide students with the opportunity to develop skills acquired at Level 1 of the comparative literature core programme, whilst introducing them to a range of texts in which the theme of 'Good and Evil' will be comparatively explored. Such a wide-ranging theme, which has been investigated and problematized in literature throughout the centuries, will provide a broad platform to investigate the codification of moral principles and behaviour, notions of individual and collective identities, and the relationship between religion and psychology.Students will be reading texts originally written in a range of languages (English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish), of various genres (e.g. novels, short stories, essays, letters, poetry), written between the 13th and the 21st century, and will be encouraged to reflect on the cultural, intellectual and philosophical paradigms influencing the evolution and transformation of notions of good and evil, and on the historical circumstances which determined them. These will in turn form the basis of the comparative analysis of the different ways in which Good and Evil are perceived and represented in the texts considered. Linguistic and stylistic features, structural and genre-related aspects, and the function performed by translations will form an integral part of the module and will remain at the centre of all discussions.
| Availability: | 2012-13 |
| Semester: | 1 |
| Time: | 1 pm |
| Teaching method: | Three lectures, one seminar |
| Prerequisites: | CO1002 |
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| Assessment: | Continuous Assessment = 40%, 2 Hour Examination = 60% |
| Reassessment: | 3 Hour Examination = 100% |
CO2002 Journeys
This module will provide students with the opportunity to develop skills acquired at Level 1 of the comparative literature programme, whilst introducing them to a range of texts - both canonical and non-canonical - offering variants on the theme of 'Journeys'. As a topos which lends itself to several layers of interpretation, 'Journeys' will provide a platform for students to explore concepts such as (inter-cultural) identity, alterities, encounters, in 'real' as well as imaginary travels or journeys. Students will be reading texts originally written in a range of languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Russian and Italian), of various genres (e.g. novel, diary, letters, essay, poetry), written between the 13th and the 21st century, and will be encouraged to reflect on the similarities and differences between the narrative treatment of journeys to specific geographic locations. As with all comparative modules, the importance of form, and the role of translation in its linguistic and cultural sense, will remain at the centre of all discussions.
| Availability: | 2012-13 |
| Semester: | 2 |
| Time: | 1 pm |
| Teaching method: | Three lectures, one seminar |
| Prerequisites: | CO2001 |
| Antirequsites: | |
| Assessment: | Continuous Assessment = 40%, 2 Hour Examination = 60% |
| Reassessment: | 3 Hour Examination = 100% |
