The literary avant garde challenges tradition with technique. A comparative study into the literature curricula in secondary education in six european countries research pdf available may 2016 with 4,996 reads. Comparative critical studies seeks to advance methodological selfreflection on the nature of comparative literature as a discipline. Finally, it offers a close comparative reading of baudelaires lyric the swan and benjamins ninth aphorism in on the concept of history, staging an unexpected and revealing correspondence between the two works to argue that the swan is no less a thesis on the concept of history and affords rather more stunning illuminations. Comparative literature studies publishes comparative articles in literature and culture, critical theory, and cultural and literary relations within and beyond the western tradition. All journal articles featured in comparative literature. Comparative literature 1 comparative literature chair marc redfield comparative literature is the study of literature and other cultural expressions across linguistic and cultural boundaries. Admission requirements an undergraduate major in literature or language is the normal prerequisite for graduate work in comparative literature. A comparative analysis of thesis guidelines and master thesis abstracts written in english at universities in turkey and in the usa ulker eser, meltem m.
Stallknecht is director of the school of letters and professor of philosophy. The grounds for comparison anticipates the comparative nature of your thesis. Comparative literature is an interdisciplinary field engaged with the study of global literature or literary output across borders, nations, time periods, genres, forms and themes. Comparative literature analyses the similarities and dissimilarities and parallels between two literatures. Literary theory literature and neuroscience religion, ethics and literature scriptural reasoning and comparative studies translation committee. German publisher of a twovolume collection of papers on all the main figures of english. Although the essays in this volume may be considered independent contributions, it should be noted that they have been motivated by an interest, common to all the contributors, in the problems and methods the student of comparative literature may encounter. Some features of this site may not work without it. The final complete version of the thesis must be submitted by april 15. It brings you the work of eminent critics, scholars, theorists, and literary historians, whose essays range across the rich traditions of africa, asia, europe, and the americas. A comparative study of cognitive and non cognitive factors relationship to academic success for foreign masters students by lisa a. Comparative literature is a center towards which the intellectually adventurous gravitate. Comparative literature studies publishes comparative critical essays that range across the rich traditions of africa, asia, europe, and north and south america.
The editors of this volume both are on the faculty of indiana university. Thus this metaphor structures life into a coherent narrativewith a linear, and causallyrelated, progression of events and relationshipswhile also. Students should submit one copy to each reader and one electronic and one hard copy of the thesis to the department. The term literature has been scene of plentiful discussions from the greek and latin civilizations to our age. We invite articles on the comparative study of the arts, film studies with. Further, comparative literature includes study of historical and contemporary literary theory and criticism. A national seminar on comparative literature was held in delhi university organized by nagendra, a writercritic who taught in the hindi department of delhi university and a volume entitled comparative literature was published in 1977. Rodolfo sacco terms these underlying influences legal formants, influences that help drive the formation of law. Comparative literature open access articles digital. Our discipline takes a transnational, translinguistic, transcultural and transmedial approach to analysis.
His insistence on the plurality of logoi is particularly interesting. When i hear answers like these i suspect that they may not actually have a thesis, but are still at the stage where they have a general field of interest. Sample thesis topics comparative literature program. Encouragingly, some authors are beginning to acknowledge. She is especially interested in comparative literature, transgender studies, chinese zhiguai tales, classical chinese fictions, folklore studies, and. Stephenson dissertation submitted to the faculty of the graduate school of the university of maryland, college park, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy 2004. Project muse comparative literature studiesvolume 56, number. Recherche litteraire literary research international comparative. Comparative literature studies publishes comparative articles in. Project muse comparative literature versus world literature. Majors wishing to consult recent theses may contact the program director for copies. Pdf this study focuses on issues such as what comparative literature is or not, how it is perceived today, what its benefits are, what kinds of. The series published an average of 3,5 volumes per year over the last 5. However, it was only in 1994 that an ma course in comparative indian literature began in the department.
Pdf this essay compares the geographic norms of contemporary comparative. She is working on her thesis transformation, transambiguity and transperformance. Comparative literature studies publishes comparative critical essays that range across the rich traditions of africa, asia, europe, and north and south america, and that examine the literary relations between east and west, north and south. Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature performs a role similar to that of the study of international relations, but works with languages and artistic traditions, so as to understand cultures from the inside.
Printon demand hard copies of this volume can be purchased from amazon. The oldest journal in its field in the united states, comparative literature explores issues in literary history and theory. The catalyst for this development was the early twentiethcentury translation into chinese of the. Comparative literature department of comparative studies. List of books and articles about comparative literature. English theses and dissertations english university of. Early on, the discipline was anchored in the comparison of literary works from more than one linguistic tradition. But in a compareandcontrast, the thesis depends on how the two. The aclaaffiliated publication presents a variety of critical approaches and offers a wideranging look at the intersections of national literatures, global literary trends, and theoretical. Studies in three centuries of anglodutch cultural transmission. Practitioner research is considered an integral form of professional learning for teachers but in its implementation it will often encounter significant challenges. Comparative literature in the age of multiculturalism.
Articles focus on innovative perspectives on the theory and practice of the. Comparative literature research paper is not about general comparisons that you present but an educated and expert approach you demonstrate. For singh, comparative literature is thus an exercise in differential multilogue. Comparative means that the thesis should discuss at least two texts from different linguistic groups, historical periods or genres. In her novel, the space between us, zoya pirzad has dealt with the problem of marriage between a muslim girl and the armenian boy. The articles main thesis claims that a necessity has been recognised to approach comparative studies and translation studies not in terms of disciplines but rather, methodologies that mutually. Emeritus of comparative literature of yale university. Americas bohemian poet and the contexts of calamus. Department of english language teaching supervisor. The candidates will be guided by their mfa thesis directors during the semester, sharing thesis drafts with other students in the same primary genre via canvas.
Comparative literature began by seeking to engage the known world, albeit with very insufficient tools. Recent dissertations in comparative literature department. Over time, it became institutionally far less global in its perspective. She is especially interested in comparative literature, transgender studies, chinese zhiguai tales, classical chinese fictions, folklore studies, and translation studies. You may instead take your entire 30 units in course work plan b. They might say, i am working on womens prison literature or i am studying representations of the environment in colonial discourse or i am interested in premodern travel narratives. The aclaaffiliated publication presents a variety of critical approaches and offers a wideranging look at the intersections of national. Comparative literature examines translation as an interpretive act central to the history and practice of literary study. The honors thesis is usually between 50 and 100 pages long. However, even in its most eurocentric and isolationist moments, it is preferable to the cynicism that often motivates the marketbased consumerism that has come to. My dissertation is a comparative analysis of the juncture at which chinese poetry became modern.
Admission requirements an undergraduate major in literature or language is the normal prerequisite for. Recherche litteraire literary research is an open access journal. A fundamental project of comparative literature is to cultivate reading across linguistic boundaries in order to highlight everything that the exclusive focus on a national literature tends to obscure. Horst frenz is chairman of the comparative literature program and editorinchief of the yearbook of comparative and general literature. English theses and dissertations english university of iowa. Senior thesis comparative literature colorado college. The journal invites contributions providing innovative perspectives on the theory and practice of the study of comparative literature in all its aspects, including but not. Honors in comparative literature is granted upon positive recommendation by the thesis advisors. Proceedings of the xvth congress of the international comparative literature. Or you may, if you have a strong record and submit a strong proposal, be permitted to write a sixunit thesis as part of your 30unit program plan a. The department seeks to help each student craft a unique project and find the resources across the university to support and enrich her chosen field of study. Comparative literature performs a role similar to that of the study of international relations, but works with languages and artistic traditions, so as to understand. Discover the best comparative literature in best sellers.
Comparative literature is wholly owned and directed by the university of oregon. Pdf comparative literature and the question of theory. Many theories of translation derive from scholars who also work in comparative literature, and indeed, at many institutions, comparative literature and. It views literary texts as both being the product of a specific language and culture and as a universal phenomenon transcending national and cultural boundaries and. Comparative literature asand interdisciplinarity 79 chapter four cultures, peripheralities, and comparative literature 121 chapter five womens literatuie and men writing about women 173 chapter six the study of translation and comparative literature 215 chapter seven the study of literature and the electronic age 249 conclusion 260. Dissertations in comparative literature have taken on vast number of topics and ranged across various languages, literatures, historical periods and theoretical perspectives. Comparative literature and culture issn 14814374 purdue university press purdue university volume 1 1999 issue 1 article 1 the comparative method and the study of literature.
Comparative critical studies is the journal for comparative literature as a discpline. The simple way to define comparative literature is to say that it is a comparison between the two literatures. The definition of comparative literature given by bijay kumar dass is very simple vivid and understandable. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. My thesis on carlyle had led me to coleridge and coleridge. Mfa candidates will consult with their individual thesis directors and thesis readers on their thesis committees at the start of the semester to create a thesis completion plan. Comparative literature and culture the use of the conceptual metaphor of life is a story can be conceived as reciprocally or bidirectionally transforming both life and story. As in any argumentative paper, your thesis statement will convey the gist of your argument, which necessarily follows from your frame of reference. This study focuses on issues such as what comparative literature is or not, how it is perceived today, what its benefits are, what kinds of mistakes are made in theory and practice in comparisons of the texts. From the exploration of techniques of critical reading and interpretation to the development of theoretical perspectives, the programs approach is wideranging. And they study the intersections of literature with other cultural forms such as film, drama, the visual arts, music, and. Like all other concentrations in comparative studies, this concentration allows students, with the help of their advisers, to design a course of study that suits their particular interests.
A comparative study of anita desais selected fiction and the fiction of selected iranian writers. A struggle against literal boundaries to achieve artistic supremacy over nature. The point, simply stated, is that to get a complete understanding of law, we need to look fully at how law operates. Thesesdissertations from 2011 pdf blalock, stephanie michelle 2011, walt whitman at pfaffs beer cellar. One volume, containing the four quarterly issues, is published annually. There are three basic requirements for the content of the thesis. A sample thesis with a subtitle by michael mcneil forbes b. A comparative study of singapore and nsw neville john ellis tony loughland, unsw abstract. Reading transgender stories from mingqing china, 14 th19 th century. Articles may also explore movements, themes, forms, the history of ideas, relations between authors, the foundations of criticism and theory. It brings you the work of eminent critics, scholars, theorists, and literary historians, whose essays range across the rich traditions of africa, asia, europe, and.
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