Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations I

(4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module situates and interrogates the discipline of Comparative Literature and explores a range of theories and practices. Key areas will typically be drawn from: influence and reception; world literature; translation studies; adaptation studies; digital humanities; ways of reading. Comparative Literature will typically also be discussed in relation to fields such as postcolonialism, area studies, cultural studies and interdisciplinarity. Students will be encouraged to formulate their own disciplinary definitions.