Units of Study

ICLS2633 - Cities of the World

Semester 2, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Yasuko Claremont


The 'city' is a diverse and controversial theme in world literature. It touches upon past and present, alienation and fulfillment, luxury and poverty, success and failure, anonymity and fame. There are modern and old cities, cosmopolitan and 'holy' cities. By examining how the cultural and historical transformation of urban living has been approached by writers of different cultural and national backgrounds, this unit of study offers a journey to different geographic locations but also a journey through time.


1x class presentation (equivalent to 1000wds) (10%), 1x2500wd essay (45%), 1x2500wd take home exam (45%)




18 Junior credit points from any department in the Faculty of Arts from Table A of which 12 credit points are from one subject.

A timetable is not available for this session.


Curriculum Overview


1. Great Books
ICLS 2624: Great Books 1: The Human Condition
ICLS 2636: Great Books 2: Innovations, Inspirations
ICLS 2622: Great Books 3: The Twentieth Century

2. Literature and Society
ICLS 2621: Love in Different Languages
ICLS 2633: Cities of the World
ICLS 2634: Literature and Revolution

3. Literary Genres, Movements and Styles
ICLS 2626: Words and Pictures Across Cultures
ICLS 2631: Popular Fiction and Culture
ICLS 2635: Science Fiction: The Future is Now
ICLS 2637: Watching Stars: Films and the Star System

4. Theorising Literature Across Cultures
ICLS 3630: Comparative Sociology of Literature
ICLS 3631: Defining 'Literature' Crossculturally
