| Course ID: | CMLT 4010. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Approaches in Comparative Literature |
Course
Description: | The methods and literary theories encompassed by the discipline of Comparative Literature. This is a required course for minors and majors in Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies. |
| Oasis Title: | Approaches in CMLT |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The course objectives are to introduce students to the methods and theories
commonly used in the study of comparative literature; to enhance students' critical
skills through the analysis of literary and theoretical texts; and to improve
students' communication skills through oral presentations and expository writing
assignments. |
| Topical Outline: | The specific topics vary with the instructor; however, the following are methods
and theories generally examined in the course:
Philological exegesis
Manuscripts, editions and the establishment of reliable texts
Hermeneutics and interpretation
Russian formalism, the Prague School and Soviet Semiotics
Structuralism
Reader Response Theory and Reception Theory
New Literary History and Cultural Studies
Poststructuralism and Deconstruction
Feminism and Gender Studies
Postcolonialism and Globalism |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students are required to abide by the University of Georgia academic honesty policy. |