Comparative Literary Studies (CMII0169)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Teaching department: Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: This module is compulsory for students on MA Comparative Literature, and is not normally available to students on other programmes unless by prior agreement by the module convenor. Not available to Affiliate Exchange Students.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module introduces some key concepts and concerns in Comparative Literary Studies 鈥撎� world literature and transnational literature, canonicity and literary afterlives, genre, intermediality, and the place of translation and adaptation in comparative literary studies 鈥� as well as allowing students to explore a particular case study in the light of this thinking.听听

CMII0169 is divided into two five-week blocks. The first block consists of a one-hour lecture each week, followed by a one-hour seminar, allowing students to discuss the topic further in small groups on the basis of prescribed readings.听

For the second block students choose one of six case studies, each delivered as a weekly two-hour seminar in a small group. There you will be encouraged to read, think about and debate a specific set of texts in the light of what you have learned in the first teaching block, as well as developing your own research skills.听

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 1 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 60
Module leader: Professor Judith Beniston
Who to contact for more information: j.beniston@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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