University of Barcelona

Literary Theory and Comparative Literature

Course curriculum

Distribution of credits

Type ECTS
Basic training 60
Compulsory 144
Optional 30
Compulsory placements 0
Compulsory final project 6
TOTAL 240

Subjects by year and semester

FIRST YEAR
Subject Semester Type Credits
Catalan I 1 FB 6
Dutch I 1 FB 6
English I 1 FB 6
Introduction to Basque 1 FB 6
Introduction to French 1 FB 6
Introduction to Galician 1 FB 6
Introduction to Greek I 1 FB 6
Introduction to Italian 1 FB 6
Introduction to Modern Greek 1 FB 6
Introduction to Polish 1 FB 6
Introduction to Portuguese 1 FB 6
Introduction to Russian 1 FB 6
Latin I 1 FB 6
Literature 1 FB 6
Modern Arabic I 1 FB 6
Modern Hebrew I 1 FB 6
Preliminary German 1 FB 6
Prescriptive Spanish Grammar 1 FB 6
Romanian 1 FB 6
Romanian Language 1 FB 6
Swedish I 1 FB 6
Works of World Literature 1 FB 6
History of Aesthetic Ideas 2 FB 6
History of the Book and of Reading Practice 2 FB 6
Introduction to Linguistics 2 FB 6
Introduction to Literary Theory 2 FB 6
Literary and Artistic Trends in the West 2 FB 6
SECOND YEAR
Subject Semester Type Credits
Classical Literature 1 OB 6
Comparative Medieval Literature 1 OB 6
History of Literary Thought and Criticism: from its Origins to the Nineteenth Century 1 OB 6
Introduction to Comparative Literature 1 OB 6
The Renaissance, the Baroque and the Enlightenment 1 OB 6
Avant-Garde Literature and Other Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Trends 2 OB 6
Literature and Film 2 OB 6
Romanticism, Realism and Symbolism 2 OB 6
The Lyric: Forms and Motifs 2 OB 6
Theatre: Text and Performance 2 OB 6
THIRD YEAR
Subject Semester Type Credits
Literary Themes and Motifs 1 OB 6
Methods in Contemporary Literary Theory: from Russian Formalism to Structuralism 1 OB 6
Postmodern Literary Creation 1 OB 6
The Novel: Forms and Thought 1 OB 6
First-Person Texts 2 OB 6
Literature and Cultural Criticism 2 OB 6
Literature and History 2 OB 6
Methods in Contemporary Literary Theory: Poststructuralist Approaches 2 OB 6
Optatives Subjects 1 OT 6
Optatives Subjects 2 OT 6
FOURTH YEAR
Subject Semester Type Credits
Feminist Literary Criticism and Gender Studies 1 OB 6
Literary Hermeneutics 1 OB 6
Literature and Arts 1 OB 6
Reception and Recreation of Literary Models 1 OB 6
Final Project 2 TR 6
Literature and Philosophy 2 OB 6
Practical Classes in Comparative Literature 2 OB 6
Optatives Subjects 1 OT 6
Optatives Subjects 2 OT 12
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