106-402 Theorising Literary and Cultural Studies

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This subject will focus on interactions between literary and cultural studies, emphasising the fate of literary theory in an era of cultural studies. The relation between deconstruction and the new historicism on the one side and the politics of identity on the other will be of special interest. Students who complete this subject successfully will have: an understanding of the relationship between literary theory and cultural studies today; a grasp of the theoretical schools of thought which bring cultural studies and literary studies into dialogue; a knowledge of the institutional and political framework in which literary studies and cultural studies relate to one another.

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Written work of not more than 6000 words.

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