Literature and Society II

Course content

This course looks at the influence that literature has on society as well as the ways in which it reflects or challenges social norms; such themes as honour and heroism, religion, women, poverty, colonialism, individuality, and integration and alienation are studied in relation to famous and influential works of literature. In addition, the material production of literature, history of textual transmission, and sociology of the text are examined and issues such as official and unofficial censorship, popular literature and the Canon, performance and criticism are discussed.