Metaforms and Comparative Literature: Conversations across Time and Space - MA Seminar 1 3301-LBS1KSI

Knowledge
the graduate has in-depth familiarity with:
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advanced terminology, theory and research methods corresponding to the state of the art in the disciplines of literary studies and culture and region studies, exhibit enhanced understanding of comparative studies and adaptation theory, methodologies of dealing with literature and visual culture,
as well as of the role of intercultural connections and transference of ideas and themes between cultures, literatures and other media

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advanced principles of research design applied in literary studies and culture and religion studies, in particular the principles of method and tool selection in formulating research problems with special focus on the application of methods and tools in formulating research problems in comparative studies and analysis of metaforms

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economic, legal, ethical and other conditions of the various professional activities related to the study of literary metaforms across literatures and cultures

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concepts and principles concerning the protection of intellectual property and copyright

Skills / Abilities
the graduate is able to:
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apply the advanced terminology, theories and research methods of literary studies and culture and religion studies to solve complex and original research problems pertinent to comparative studies and analysis of metaforms

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apply advanced principles of research design appropriate for literary studies and culture and religion studies, and in particular is able to:
- select appropriate sources, methods and tools
- critically analyze and synthesize the current state of research in the discipline
- interpret and present the results obtained
using advanced information and communication techniques
- apply advanced research methodology within comparative literary studies and studies of visual culture / performative arts

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use structures, lexis and language conventions appropriate to the communicative situation (e.g. holding a public debate, giving an academic presentation, etc.) in spoken and written English at the minimum level C2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

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apply the concepts and principles of intellectual property protection and copyright law
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apply the knowledge of economic, legal, ethical and other conditions of various professional activities related to the field of study
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use modern technology to acquire knowledge and communicate through a variety of communication channels and techniques
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design their own development path and guide others in so doing

Social competences
Students are ready to:
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critically appraise their knowledge and content obtained from various sources, e.g. conduct critical analysis of political and historical discourse, as well as complex texts from various cultures, etc.

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recognize the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems; consult experts when required

Students get their credit based on regular attendance, active participation in discussions and completing their MA dissertations.
1st semester: selection of the topic for their MA dissertation, writing a short abstract ("stub"), outline of the thesis, basic bibliography (chapter by chapter)
Students will need to submit stub, outline and bibliography (verified by the instructor) to receive a "pass".

Metafiction:
Alter, Robert, Partial Magic: The Novel as a Self-Conscious Genre (Berkeley: U of California Press, 1975)
Currie, Marc (ed.), Metafiction (Hoboken: Routledge, 2014)
Dupuy, Jean-Pierre, "Self-reference in Literature," Poetics 18 (1989), pp. 491–515
Fludernik, Monika, “Metanarrative and Metafictional Commentary: From Metadiscursivity to Metanarration and Metafiction,” Poetica 35 (2003), pp. 1–39
Hutcheon, Linda, Narcissistic Narrative: The Metafictional Paradox (New York and London: Methuen,1985)
Hutcheon, Linda, “Incredulity toward Metanarrative: Negotiating Postmodernism and Feminisms.” K. Mezei (ed.). Ambiguous Discourse: Feminist Narratology and British Women Writers (Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1996), pp. 262–267
Neumann, Birgit and Ansgar Nünning, “Metanarration and Metafiction.” In: Handbook of Narratology, eds. Peter Hühn, John Pier, Wolf Schmid and Jörg Schönert (Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 2009), pp. 204-211
Peters, Joan D., Feminist Metafiction and the Evolution of the British Novel (Gainesville: UP of Florida, 2002)
Scholes, Robert, Fabulation and Metafiction (Urbana: Universtiy of Illinois Press, 1980)
Waugh, Patricia, Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction (London and New York: Routledge, 1988)

Comparative studies:
Ahearne, Ed, and Arnold Weinstein. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time: The Promise of Comparative Literature." Comparative Literature in the Age of Multiculturalism. Ed. Charles Bernheimer. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1995. 77-85.
Alexandrov, Vladimir E. "Literature, Literariness, and the Brain." Comparative Literature 59.2 (2007): 97-118.
Amaral, Genevieve. "Edgar Allan Poe's Fear of Texts: 'The Man of the Crowd' As Literary Monster." Comparatist: Journal of the Southern Comparative Literature Association 35 (2011): 227-38.
Andrew, Joe, Malcolm Crook, and Michael Waller, ed. Why Europe? Problems of Culture and Identity: Political and Historical Dimensions. New York: Palgrave, 2000.
Arens, Katherine. "When Comparative Literature Becomes Cultural Studies: Teaching Cultures Through Genre." Comparatist: Journal of the Southern Comparative Literature Association 29 (2005): 123-47.
Bassnett, Susan. Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993.
Bassnett, Susan. "Reflections on Comparative Literature in The Twenty-First Century." Comparative Critical Studies 3.1-2 (2006): 3-11.
Bennet, Milton J. “Towards Ethnorelativism: A Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity”. In Education for the Intercultural Experience, M. R. Paige (ed). Yarmouth, Maine: Intercultural Press, 1993, pp. 22-73.
Bluestone, George. Novels into Film. Michigan: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1957.
Chatman, Seymour. Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film, Ithaca and London: Cornell UP, 1978
Chatman, Seymour. “What Novels Can Do That Films Can't (And Vice Versa)”, Critical Inquiry, Vol. 7, No. 1, On Narrative (Autumn, 1980), pp. 121-140.
Delage-Toriel, Lara. “Shadow of a Double: Taking a Closer Look at the Opening of Kubrick's Lolita,” Miranda 3 (2010)
Durantaye, Leland de la. "The Facts of Fiction, or the Figure of Vladimir Nabokov in W. G. Sebald." Comparative Literature Studies 45.4 (2008): 425-45.
Heidmann, Ute, and Jean-Michel Adam. "Text Linguistics and Comparative Literature: Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach to Written Tales: Angela Carter's Translations of Perrault." Language and Verbal Art Revisited: Linguistic Approaches to the Study of Literature. Ed. Donna R. Miller and Monica Turci. London: Equinox, 2007. 181-96.
Hutcheon, Linda. A Theory of Adaptation. London and New York: Routledge, 2013.
McFarlane, Brian. Novel to Film: An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation. Oxford: Claredon Press, 1996.
Mitchell, J.W.T. Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Mitchell, J.W.T. Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Williams, Lisa. The Artist as Outsider in the Novels of Toni Morrison and Virginia Woolf. Westport: Greenwood, 2000.