CompLit Single Honours 2Y Module Preference Form 2012-13

SECOND YEAR COMPULSORY AND OPTIONAL MODULES
FOR BA COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 2012-13

Please select your modules for 2012-13 using the list provided. Information about these modules can be found on
the Comparative Literature webpages: www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/complit/modules/index.aspx
.
Please note the following:
1. You are required to take 60 credits in compulsory modules and 60 credits in level 5 optional modules.
2. Your optional modules must include: EITHER 5AAYCL15 OR 5AAYCL19 OR 5AAYCL19; AND at least one
Group B module or one MLC module at an appropriate level.
3. It is recommended that you continue with any language modules you have been taking in the Modern Language
Centre.
4. With the exception of modules marked *, there are only ten places altogether reserved for Comparative
Literature students on English modules. Please do not select more than one unmarked English option as your
first choice. American Studies modules are marked *. You may choose one American Studies module in
addition to an unmarked English module.
5. As far as possible, you should choose equal numbers of modules for semesters 1 and 2.
6. For each semester choose 3 extra modules in addition to your first choice.
7. When you have selected your optional modules, enter them on this form. List your first choices and your
additional choices for each semester in order of preference (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
PLEASE RETURN THE MODULE CHOICE FORM BY EMAIL TO COMPLIT@KCL.AC.UK BY
FRIDAY 9 MARCH 2012.

SUMMARY OF COURSE CHOICES
NAME: STUDENT NO.:.. PERSONAL TUTOR SIGNATURE:.
SEMESTER 1
SEMESTER 2
COMPULSORY COURSES
Credits
COMPULSORY COURSES
Credits
5AAYCL08 LITERATURE OF EMPIRE
15
5AAYCL09 IDEAS OF NATION
15
5AAYCL28 THE CANON
15
5AAYCL27 THE BOOK IN THE MODERN

WORLD
15
OPTIONAL COURSES*
1.
OPTIONAL COURSES*
1.
2.
2.
TOTAL CREDITS = 60
ALTERNATIVE CHOICES
3.
TOTAL CREDITS = 60
ALTERNATIVE CHOICES
3.
4.
4.
5.
5.
*Your optional choices must include at least one of the courses 5AAYCL15 The Ancient & Early Medieval Book,
5AAYCL16 The Medieval Book & 5AAYCL19 Travel Writing

Code
Title
Credits
Semester
Compulsory Modules You must take all four modules:
5AAYCL08
LITERATURE OF EMPIRE
15
1
5AAYCL09
IDEAS OF NATION
15
2
5AAYCL27
THE BOOK IN THE MODERN WORLD
15
2
5AAYCL28
THE CANON
15
1
GROUP A OPTIONAL MODULES (NOT REQUIRING A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH)
Comparative Literature (YOU MUST TAKE AT LEAST ONE OF THESE THREE MODULES)
5AAYCL15
THE ANCIENT & EARLY MEDIEVAL BOOK
15
1
5AAYCL16
THE MEDIEVAL BOOK
15
2
5AAYCL19
TRAVEL WRITING
15
1
Centre for Computing in the Humanities
(if you wish to take one of these modules, you should ideally have taken 4AAV1003 Introduction to Digital
Humanities in your first year. You can take the module in EITHER semester 1 OR semester 2)
5AAV2001
TEXTS IN THE DIGITAL HUMANTIES
15
1 OR 2
5AAV2002
DATABASES IN THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES
15
1 OR 2
Classics
5AACTL26
FEMALE VOICES IN GREEK AND LATIN LITERATURE
15
2
English
5AAEB003
CHAUCERS CANTERBURY TALES
15
2
5AAEB004
OLD ENGLISH 1: POETIC VOICES
15
2
CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS: LITERATURE & LANGUAGE
5AAEB005
15
1
IN THE ANGLO SAXON PERIOD
SUBJECTS OF DESIRE IN MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS
5AAEB014
15
1
WRITINGS
5AAEB015
CREATIVE WRITING THE NOVEL
15
1
5AAEB016
LITERATURE & PSYCHOANALSIS
15
1
5AAEB017
MODERN THEATRE
15
1
5AAEB020
THE RISE OF THE NOVEL
15
1
5AAEB021
THEATRE CAPITAL
15
2
5AAEB024
THE VICTORIANS AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1840-1870
15
2
5AAEB032
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TRAVEL WRITING
15
2
5AAEB035
AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE AND FILM
15
2
5AAEB036
FIRST WORLD WAR LITERATURE
15
2
5AAEB038
PERFORMANCE IN MEDIEVAL CULTURE
15
1
5AAEB039
THE LANGUAGE OF DANCE
15
2
A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS: PERFORMING CULTURE
5AAEB042
15
1
IN JACOBEAN LONDON
5AAEB043
COMEDY AND REVOLUTION
15
1
LYRIC AND THE INNER LIFE: POETRY AND SELFHOOD
5AAEB044
15
2
IN THE ROMANTIC ERA
5AAEB045
RENAISSANCE WORDPLAY
15
2
5AAEB046
LANGUAGE ON THE EDGE
15
1
5AAEB048
SHOCKS OF THE NEW: MODERNIST POETRY & PROSE
15
2
5AAEB041
THE FIN DE SIECLE
15
1
WRITING THE NEW NATION: NINETEENTH-CENTURY
5AAEB050*
15
2
AMERICAN LITERATURE
5AAEB051
THE COLONIAL NOVEL AND BRITISH INDIA
15
x
x
x
x

Code
Title
Credits
Semester
5AAEB052
FAMILY, AUTHORSHIP AND ROMANTICISM
15
5AAEB053
MOMENTS OF CULTURE
15
5AAEB054
CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
15
5AAEB060
MAPPING MODERNISM
15
*5AAU9024
*TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION 1900-1945:

REALISMS AND MODERNISMS
15
*5AAU9025
*TWENTIETH-CENTURY POSTWAR AMERICAN FICTION
15
Film Studies
5AAQT222
5AAQS235
5AAQS255
5AAQS240
CINEMA & SPECTATORSHIP

15
1
THE FRENCH NEW WAVE
15
2
FILM AUTHORSHIP
15
2
FILM FORMS: DOCUMENTARY
15
1
ASIAN POPULAR CINEMAS (HONG KONG CINEMA FROM
5AAQS250
15
2
THE 1970S)
5AAQS246
ITALIAN CINEMA
15
2
5AAQS247
CONTEMPORARY SPANISH CINEMA
15
1
5AAQS270
TOPICS IN WORLD CINEMA: BRAZILIAN CINEMA
15
1
Centre for Hellenic Studies
5AABB102
THE NOVELS OF NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
15
1&2
Music
It may be possible for suitably qualified students to take options in the Music Department. If you are interested
in taking a Music module, please indicate this on your module choice form. Please see the Music Department
website for module information: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/music/study/ug/mods1213.aspx
All Music modules are capped at 25 students and places will only be offered to non-music students after all
music students module choices have been allocated. Please be aware you will need the permission of the
module tutor to join any music module.
Theology and Religious Studies
5AAT2060
INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE RELIGION
15
2
5AAT2101
THE BIBLE IN THE MODERN IMAGINATION
15
1
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCE: JEWISH CHRISTIAN AND
5AAT2044
15
1
OTHER PERSPECTIVES
GROUP B OPTIONAL MODULES (REQUIRING A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH)
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE MODULES ARE LISTED BELOW. IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF YOUR LEVEL, PLEASE
EMAIL complit@kcl.ac.uk OR CONTACT YOUR TUTOR.
French
Requirement: you must have at least a grade A in A-level French (or equivalent)
5AAFF250
COMEDY IN FRENCH LITERATURE BEFORE 1700
DEATH AND DESIRE: LOVE IN FRENCH LITERATURE
5AAFF253
BEFORE 1700
5AAFF254
MODERNITY AND THE CITY
5AAFF255
THE FRENCH NOVEL AFTER 1700
5AAFF252
THE IDEA OF FRANCE
5AAFF256
FRENCH POETRY AFTER 1800
WRITING THE SELF IN FRENCH LITERATURE SINCE
5AAFF257
1700
German
15
15
15
15
15
15
2
2
2
2
15

Code
Title
Credits
Semester
Requirement: you must have A-level German (or equivalent)
5AAGB224
MODERNISM AND THE AVANT-GARDE
15
1
5AAGB303
HISTORY INTO LITERATURE
15
1
WOMEN IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD:
5AAGB607
15
2
REPRESENTATIONS AND RESPONSES
GERMAN REALIST FICTION IN THE NINETEENTH
5AAGB205
15
2
CENTURY
18th-CENTURY GERMAN THOUGHT: THE EDUCATION
5AAGB605
15
2
OF HUMANITY
5AAGB608
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF GERMAN-LANGUAGE FILM
15
1
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
For the following modules you must have a good reading knowledge of Portuguese.
INTRODUCTION TO BRAZILIAN POPULAR MUSIC
5AAPPB01
15
1
STUDIES
LEADERS, LEGENDS AND CHIVALRY IN MEDIEVAL
5AAPPB13
15
2
PORTUGAL
For the following modules you must have a good reading knowledge of Spanish
5AASB035
FERNANDO DE ROJAS AND CELESTINA
15
1
TRANSLATING CULTURES THROUGH THEATRE: SPAIN
5AASB072
15
2
AND LATIN AMERICA
CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN SPANISH AMERICA.
5AASB058
15
1
INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESENT
5AASB067
CERVANTES'S DON QUIJOTE
15
2
5AASB068
AFTER FRANCO: FILMS & TEXTS OF THE TRANSITION
15
1
5AASB069
GOYA AND THE DREAM OF REASON
15
2
5AASB401
CATALAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
15
1&2
Modern Language Centre (MLC): http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/modules/index.aspx
MLC modules are all worth 15 credits and are all taught over two semesters.
Select a language
French / German / Greek / Italian / Spanish
Select a level
Beginners 2 / Intermediate 1 / Intermediate 2 / Advanced 1 / Advanced 2 / Contemporary Culture
(Please note: students wishing to take a Contemporary Culture module must have passed Advanced 1 in the
language or have grade A at A level (or equivalent).

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SECOND YEAR COMPULSORY AND OPTIONAL MODULES

FOR BA COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 2012-13

FRIDAY 9 MARCH 2012.

5AAYCL08 LITERATURE OF EMPIRE

5AAYCL09 IDEAS OF NATION

5AAYCL28 THE CANON

5AAYCL27 THE BOOK IN THE MODERN

SECOND YEAR COMPULSORY AND OPTIONAL MODULES

THE COLONIAL NOVEL AND BRITISH INDIA

SECOND YEAR COMPULSORY AND OPTIONAL MODULES

FAMILY, AUTHORSHIP AND ROMANTICISM

CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY

*TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION 1900-1945:

*TWENTIETH-CENTURY POSTWAR AMERICAN FICTION

CINEMA & SPECTATORSHIP

SECOND YEAR COMPULSORY AND OPTIONAL MODULES

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