Comparative literary criticism
Walter Veit
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
This subject is designed to introduce students to (i) the basic problems of defining literature and kinds of literature in terms of both form and function, (ii) current Anglo-American and European methods in the fields of comparative literature and literary history and (iii) current methods of literary analysis and interpretation.
Assessment
Written (3000 words): 60% * Examinations (2 hours): 40%
Prescribed texts
Dorsch T S (tr.) Classical literary criticism Penguin
The Bible any complete version
Grene D and Lattimore R (eds) Greek tragedies vol. I, Phoenix
Hemingway E The old man and the sea Triad
Homer The Odyssey Norton
Joyce J Ulysses Penguin
Shakespeare W The Tempest Pelican
Stallworthy J (ed.) The Penguin book of love poetry Penguin
Sterne L Sentimental journey Penguin
Strehlow T G H Journey to horseshoe bend Rigby
Swift J Gulliver's travels Modern Library
Wellek R and Warren A Theory of literature Peregrine
White P A fringe of leaves Penguin