CLS2090

Comparative literary criticism

Walter Veit

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives Students who have successfully completed this subject should have become familiar with a select number of texts from world literature on the themes of `wandering' and `love', and some modern methodologies of comparative literary criticism.

Synopsis 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 (4000 words): 60%
* Examination (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

Third-year students will study an additional text

White P A fringe of leaves Penguin