CO3003 Comparative Literature: Contours and Constellations 2

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:30

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Module coordinator

Dr D Benvegnu

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module situates and interrogates the discipline of Comparative Literature, exploring a range of theories, practices, and ways of reading which complement those covered in CO3001. Key areas will be drawn from structuralism, semiotics, post-structuralism, hermeneutics, New Historicism, Queer theory, and eco-criticism. Students will be encouraged to engage with a range of theoretical and critical frameworks and formulate their own disciplinary definitions and approaches.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS CO3001

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

One 90-minute seminar

Scheduled learning hours

17

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

130

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.