Theory and Practice in Transatlantic Comparisons (P00297)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00297

This course introduces the theory and practice of making comparisons in nineteenth-century British and American literature. It considers the genesis of cultural comparison in Scottish Englightenment historiography and Romantic nationalism, and investigates Anglo-American rivalries and thematic and stylistic divergences through close study of paired transatlantic texts.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : Purchase of essential texts as required.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will:
1. Encounter a range of significant nineteenth-century American prose in relation to contemporary writing by British and European authors.
2. Establish the self-conciously comparative nature of American writing in the nineteenth century and the rivalrous nature of Anglo-American literary reception.
3. Develop understanding of the history, theories and practice of comparative literary studies, from its beginnings in eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment writing and European Romantic nationalism through its institutionalisation during the nineteenth century.
4. Develop understanding and ability to compare texts, on thematic and stylistic grounds, from a series of tightly focused readings.
5. Develop critical perspectives on methodologies of comparative literary study through an awareness of recent theoretical and practical approaches.