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SyllabusTheNameoftheCourse:ComparativeLiteratureTheTypeoftheCourse:SeElectiveCourseforStudentsMajoringinChineseLanguageandLiteratureTheModeTypeofExam:CheckthroughAcademicPaperTheObjectoftheCourse:SophomoreTheUndergraduateMajor:ChineseLanguageandLiteratureHoursOURS/Credits:REDITS364/2Purpose:ThepurposeofthiscourseistointroducethehistoryandcurrentstageofComparativeLiterature,whosesubjectmattersandmethodologywillbeintroducedandpracticedtransculturally.Thecoursewillcoverthematology,genology,imagology,andtheoryoftranslation.Thepurposeofthecourseistobroadenstudents’perspectives,cultivatetheirinterdisciplinaryconsciousness,cultivatetheirabilitytodoscientificresearch,andelevatetheirhumanisticliteracy.AsoneofprofessionalobligatorycoursesforpostgraduatestudentsmajoringinComparativeLiterature,Aesthetics,andLiteraryTheory,thiscourseisthebasiccourseofthestudentsmajoringinChineselanguageandliteraturestudent.Thecoursewillintroducethedevelopmentandcurrentsituationofcomparativeliteraturethroughreadingclassicalarticlesbysomeofthegreatestscholarsinthehistoryof20thcentury,therangerangingfromReneWellekthroughoJacquesDerrida.Themainfeatureofthiscourseisthetransculturalperspectivewiththeintensiveanalysis,theinterdisciplinarysynthesisbasedonthetextualinterpretations,andtheaspirationfortheuniversalisminthecriticalspecifications.Furthermore,thesubjectinthisclasswillincreasetheinterestofstudents,andwillhelptheminfurthercourselearningandculturalpractices.Requirement:Thiscourseaskhelpsstudentstogetanoverviewofhistoricallandscapesrelatedtoliterarytheoryandliteraryhistory,Chineseandforeignalikewhileitteachesthemtoappreciate,analyze,judge,andreflectontheliterarytextsfromthetransculturalperspectives.Relatedcourse:HistoryofChineseLiterature,,HistoryofForeignLiterature,Linguistics,LiteraryTheory,andClassicReadings.KeyPoints:TheOriginofComparativeliteratureanditstendencies;thelandscapesofworldliteratureandcontemporaryperspectives;transculturalapproachestoliteratureandthetaskofcomparativestudies;French,AmericanandChineseSchoolforliterarystudies;thematic,morphological,genological,andiconologicalstudies;translationstudiesandanewparadigmforcomparativeliterature.TheDifficultPoints:Thetheoreticalpresumptionsforcomparativeliterature;thephilosophicalfoundationsforvariousschoolsincomparativestudies;model,genre,andculturalmeme;therelationshipbetweenliteraryhistoryandcomparativeliterature;closereading,distantreading,andliterarystudiesintheageofdigitalhumanities.MethodologyandMeans:Combinationofonlineandoffline;Mediaconvergence;lecturesanddiscussion.Evaluation:Participation20%，Mid-exam20%，F(xiàn)inalExam60%.Finalscore:basedonpaper,proposal,ortranslationrelatedtothecourseandtopicsEssentialProgram:ContentsandprocessContents

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Arrangements1.

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Preparatory

Remark:I.

Establishment

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InstitutionII.

Field

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MethodIII.

Transcendence

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OpennessIV.

Current

Tendencies2.

Internal

Studies

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ThematologyI.

Basic

definitionII.

Scopes

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VisionsIII.

Critical

Practices3.

Internal

Studies

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GenologyI.

Brief

HistoryII.

Basic

Idea

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methodologyIII.

Genre

Studies

today4.

Internal

Studies

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ImagologyI.

Image

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Theory

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Image

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ComparisonII.

Ideology

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UtopiaIII.

Current

Features

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Tendencies5.

Internal

Studies

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TypologyI.

History

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Present

SituationII.

Historical

Typology

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GroundIII.

Practice

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Prospect6.

Expansive

Studies

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Literary

AcculturationI.

Source

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InfluenceII.

From

Influence

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receptionIII.

Homogeneity

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HeterogeneityIV.

Globalocation7.

Expansive

Studies

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Cultural

AcculturationI.

TranslationII.

Theory

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translationIII.

Global

Humanism8.

Systematic

Studies

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Comparative

PoeticsI.

PoeticsII.

Common

AestheticsIII.

Common

PoeticsIV.

Poetics

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System9.

Systematic

Studies

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Hyperreal

PoeticsI.

Media

Culture’s

ChallengesII.

Virtual

SpectaclesIII.

Intertextual

hybridization10.

Interdisciplinary

Studies:

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Literature

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Other

ArtsII.

Literature

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PhilosophyIII.

Literature

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ReligionIV.

Literature

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Science

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Neo-Humanism

Reconsidered：I.

Post-DeconstructionII.

Philosophical

Anthropology

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literary

StudiesIII.

Two

Hermeneutic

ApproachesIV.

Feminism

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DifferencesExpandedReadingandResearchWeekTopicforTeachingandLearningMethodologyHomework1ComparativeLiterature(CL)TodayReadingandDiscussion2GenesisandhoursofCLLectureandScrutinyWritingonfFoursStagesofCL3CirclesofCLReadingandDiscussion4ApproachestoCLReadingandDiscussion5ConceptofWorldLiterature(WL)PresentationandeEvaluation6ConjunctureandprospectofWLReadingandDiscussionNarrativeforWL7HumanismandGlobalTranslationReadingandDiscussion8PoeticsasSystemLectureandScrutiny9ThreeGenresandClassicalPerspectiveforComparativeStudiesPresentationandeEvaluationUnderstandingtheConceptofGenre10LiteraryUniversalPresentationandevaluation11HomerandtheHolyBibleReadingandDiscussion12Job’sCallandResponsesfromDifferentContextReadingandDiscussion13HellenismandModernWorldAnalysisanddDiscrimination14ClassicalTragedy,PaulCelan,andEmmaneulLevinasHolisticReflectionThinkingovertheRelationshipbetweenPoeticsandEthics15KeatsandH?lderlinReadingandDiscussion16NaturalPoetry:BritishRomanticismandPoetryofAncientChinaHolisticReflection17PerspectivefromtheOtherandOrientalismReadingandDiscussion18ConclusiondingLectureImprovement,reformation,andpracticaloperationconcerningthecourseandmethodology：Tomotivatestudentstofurtherparticipation；Tostrengthencultivationofcapabilitytodoscientificresearch；Toraiseupstudent’s’consciousnessofproblematics.ExerciseAtleast3timesexerciseswithjudgements.EssentialtextHandouts,references,Readingnotesprovidedforbylectureerofthecourse1.RenéWellek,“ComparativeLiteratureToday”,inComparativeLiterature,Vol.17,No.4(Autumn,1965),pp.325-337.2.HaunSaussy,“ExquiteCadaversStitchedfromFreshNightmares:OfMemesHivesandGenes”,inSaussy,H.,ed.,ComparativeLiteratureinAnAgeofGlobalization,Baltimore:TheJohnsHopkinsUniversity,2006.3.DavidDamrosch,“WorldLiterature,NationalContext”,inModernPhilology,Vol.100,No.4(May2003),pp.512-531.4.FrancoMoretti,“ConjecturesonWorldLiterature”,inNewLeftReview1JanFeb2000,pp.54-68.5.EmilyApter,“GlobalTranslatio:The‘Invention’ofComparativeLiterature,Istanbul,1933”,inCriticalInquiry,Vol.29,No.2(Winter2003),pp.253-281.6.ClaudioGuillén,“PoeticsasSystem”,inComparativeLiterature,Vol.22,No.3(Summer,1970),pp.193-222.7.EarlMiner,“SomeTheoreticalandMethodologicalTopicsforComparativeLiterature”,inPoeticsToday,Vol.8,No.1(1987),pp.123-140.8.PatrickColmHogan,“LiteraryUniversals”,inPoeticsToday,Vol.18,No.2(Summer,1997),pp.223-249.9.ErichAuerbach,“ODYSSEUS’SCAR”,InMimesis:TheRepresentationofRealityinWesternLiterature,trans.WillardR.Trask.Princeton,1953,repr.1974,chapterone.10.Hans-RobertJaussandSharonLarisch,“Job'sQuestionsandTheirDistantReply:Goethe,Nietzsche,Heidegger”,inComparativeLiterature,Vol.34,No.3(Summer,1982),pp.193-207.11.LionelGossman,“PhilhellenismandAntisemitism:MatthewArnoldandHisGermanModels”,inComparativeLiterature,Vol.46,No.1(Winter,1994),pp.1-39.12.StevenShankman,“WarandtheHellenicSplendorofKnowing:Levinas,Euripides,Celan”,inComparativeLiterature,Vol.56,No.4(Autumn,2004),pp.347-361.13.PauldeMan,“KeatsandH?lderlin”,inComparativeLiterature,Vol.8,No.1(Winter,1956),pp.28-45.14.JamesWhippleMiller,“EnglishRomanticismandChineseNaturePoetry”,inComparativeLiterature,Vol.24,No.3(Summer,1972),pp.216-236.15.ZhangLongxi,“TheMythoftheOther:ChinaintheEyesoftheWest”,inCriticalInquiry,Vol.15,No.1(Autumn,1988),pp.108-131.D.ReferencesAuerbach,E.,Mimesis:TheRepresentationofRealityinWesternLiterature,FiftiethAnniversary,Ed.,Trans.byWillardTrask.Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress,2003.Curtius,E.R.,EuropeanLiteratureandtheLatinMiddleAges,byWillardR.Trask.NewYork:HarperRow,1953.Damrosch,D.,WhatisWorldLiterature?,Princeton:PrincetonUniversity