2014-2015 Core Program

FALL TERM

Most Comparative Literature courses are taught at the Centre for Comparative Literature, Isabel Bader Theatre, 3rd floor, Linda Hutcheon Seminar Room (BT319) unless indicated otherwise below. Please click on courses’ codes to see their descriptions.

 

COL 1000H FACULTY SEMINAR: THE BASIS OF COMPARISON
Coordinator: V. Li
Time: Fall term, Fridays, 2-5
Syllabus: Please click here to view

This course is a general introduction to the field of comparative literature, to contemporary theory, and to modern approaches to literary texts. It involves the participation of Comparative Literature faculty, discussing their experience comparing different literatures or researching across disciplines or across media. It is taken by all MA and all first-year PhD students and is meant to provide guidance for more advanced work in specific critical domains.

Evaluation: Class Participation: 15% (includes attendance) Weekly response papers: 35% (one double-spaced page every week; submitted every week but then 10 of them resubmitted as a file at the end) Essay: 50% (3000 words, due date to be announced).

The paper should address either an issue involving comparison that came up during the course or the comparative implications of the student’s own research project. The second half of each class will involve the participation of Comparative Literature faculty.

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