COMPLIT 302

When East Meets West


Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for COMPLIT 302.

Description

Western readers have encountered the literatures of East and South Asia, and Asian readers have encountered Western literature in a variety of political and cultural contexts including: colonial expansion, spiritual inquiry, modernisation, warfare, migration and globalisation.

A selection of works from East and West which have played a key role in these encounters, especially in the modern period, will be studied.

Availability 2019

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

COMPLIT 302: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II

Restrictions

COMPLIT 206