Comparative Literature

['Themes and major figures in European literature', 'Interactions between European national literatures, as reflected in important genres such as autobiography and the fantastic', 'Comparative literature in theory and practice, with an emphasis on the history of the discipline and ways of reading literature comparatively.', 'European Modernism: Sexual and Textual Deviance', 'Writing the Self: Autobiography in the Modern Period', 'Comparative Literature in Theory and Practice', 'Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment in the Long Eighteenth Century', 'Literature and Medicine', 'Comparative Literature Dissertation', 'provide you with the knowledge and skills to prepare you for the academic study of comparative literature at MPhil/PhD level', 'attract outstanding students, irrespective of race, background, gender, or physical disability from within the UK', 'further the University\\\\x92s International Strategy by attracting graduate students from abroad as well as from the UK', 'enable you to begin to specialise in your areas of interest', 'enable you to hone your ability to read literature and literary theory critically and comparatively', 'provide you, consistent with point one above, with a transition from undergraduate study to independent research', 'provide you with a training that will culminate, if followed through to PhD level, in the ability to submit articles to refereed journals in comparative literature.', 'several key periods in modern European literature, based on a critical study of the relevant literature and literary theory', 'the applicable techniques for research and advanced academic enquiry in comparative literature, in particular through an engagement with questions of genre, the concept of literary movements, literary theory, and literature\\\\x92s relation to other discourses (including psychoanalysis and philosophy)', 'the ability to conceptualise, design and implement the final project (dissertation).', 'listening attentively to complex presentations, using your powers of analysis and imagination', 'reading carefully a variety of technical and non-technical material', 'using libraries effectively', 'reflecting clearly and critically on oral and written sources', 'marshalling a complex body of texts', 'remembering relevant material and bringing it to mind when needed', 'constructing cogent arguments in the evaluation of this material.', 'the ability to understand and analyse complex literary and theoretical material', 'the ability to read literature in a comparative context', 'the ability to differentiate between the formal implications of differing genres (ie poetry, prose, drama, photography, painting, and film) and to respond to the differing problems of these genres and media', 'the ability to situate literary and theoretical texts in their socio-historical context.', 'working with others: participating in seminar discussions, responding to the views of others and to criticisms of your own views without giving or taking offence, engaging in independent group work, including the running of the graduate seminar', 'language skills: discussing complex material in English and (where possible) in the language(s) of original composition', 'communication: producing focused and cogent written work, giving oral presentations, using visual aids where appropriate', 'problem-solving: identifying problems, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of different solutions, defending your own solutions with cogent arguments', 'improving your learning: identifying your strengths and weaknesses, assessing the quality of your own work, managing your time and meeting deadlines, learning to work independently', 'using information technology: using online information sources, word-processing essays, using email for receiving and responding to communications.']