The Reading List

Literary Theory

History of literary criticism. Students will be examined on the history and theory of literary criticism, from Classical antiquity to the present. Part A of this section includes works from Plato to the early twentieth century. Because of the immense variety of theoretical approaches in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Part B will consist of at least three sub-sections, each devoted to specific areas of contemporary literary theory.

History of Literary Theory	Post-structuralism	Post-colonialism	Marxism

The Novel

A literary genre. A knowledge of the historical development of the genre will be expected, and the reading list should include, in addition to relevant primary texts, a selection of major critical and theoretical works about the chosen genre (which may include its relation to other forms of expression such as music, art, film and philosophy). The list must include works from at least three language traditions.

The Novel Defined	Internal Conflict	The Political	Irony

1960 - 2009 

A period in literary history. The student will be expected to know the history and the social and intellectual background of the period and to demonstrate a knowledge of the major genres produced during that period in at least three language traditions.

Narrative Prose	Film	Poetry	Drama
Secondary Readings

Literary Social Criticism

A special area of a comparative nature, defined as a broad subject related to the student's more specific projected dissertation topic. The student will be expected to have a wide knowledge of the history and scholarship that inform the background of the dissertation project.

Narrative Prose	Drama	Film	Secondary Readings