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COMMS 709

: Special Topic: Communication and Cultural Work
2025 Semester One (1253)
Combines theories of cultural and communication work with real-world case studies and lived experience. Combining theory and practice, it enables students to reflect critically on their own experiences of working in communication and cultural fields and/or their aspirations of working in these fields. It draws on research and experiences both from within Aotearoa New Zealand, and beyond.
Subject: Communication
No pre-requisites or restrictions
727

COMMS 713

: Documentary Making
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Students produce, direct and edit a 9-12 minute documentary. Emphasis is placed on learning technical and craft aspects of documentary-making informed by the rich and varied tradition of the genre. Analysis of a series of influential documentaries.
Subject: Communication
Restriction: SCREEN 713
728

COMMS 713

: Documentary Making
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Students produce, direct and edit a 9-12 minute documentary. Emphasis is placed on learning technical and craft aspects of documentary-making informed by the rich and varied tradition of the genre. Analysis of a series of influential documentaries.
Subject: Communication
Restriction: SCREEN 713
729

COMPLIT 200

: World Literatures I: Life, Death, War, Peace, Love
2024 Semester One (1243)
Myths, epics, bawdy tales, satires, songs, and plays make up traditions of ancient, medieval, early modern cultures. Compares cultural stories worldwide, from early writing to French Revolution. Includes Gilgamesh, Aztec myths, Roland, <i>Tale of Genji,</i> Scandinavian tales, Shakespeare's <i>Tempest,</i> Blake's poetry. Introduces skills for reading narratives by genre, theme, poetics. Texts are in English, with attention to texts' original languages.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
730

COMPLIT 200

: World Literatures I: Life, Death, War, Peace, Love
2020 Semester One (1203)
Myths, epics, bawdy tales, satires, songs, and plays make up traditions of ancient, medieval, early modern cultures. Compares cultural stories worldwide, from early writing to French Revolution. Includes Gilgamesh, Aztec myths, Roland, <i>Tale of Genji,</i> Scandinavian tales, Shakespeare's <i>Tempest,</i> Blake's poetry. Introduces skills for reading narratives by genre, theme, poetics. Texts are in English, with attention to texts' original languages.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
731

COMPLIT 202

: Interpreting Folktales
2024 Semester Two (1245)
An introduction to the study and interpretation of folktales. Tales from many cultures will be examined. Contrasting theories on the origins and meaning of folktales will be explored.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Restriction: COMPLIT 303
732

COMPLIT 202

: Interpreting Folktales
2021 Semester Two (1215)
An introduction to the study and interpretation of folktales. Tales from many cultures will be examined. Contrasting theories on the origins and meaning of folktales will be explored.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Restriction: COMPLIT 303
733

COMPLIT 202

: Interpreting Folktales
2020 Semester Two (1205)
An introduction to the study and interpretation of folktales. Tales from many cultures will be examined. Contrasting theories on the origins and meaning of folktales will be explored.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
734

COMPLIT 206

: When East Meets West
2025 Semester One (1253)
Western readers have encountered the literatures of East and South Asia, and Asian readers have encountered Western literature, in a variety of political and cultural contexts, including: colonial expansion, spiritual inquiry, modernisation, warfare, migration, and globalisation. A selection of works from East and West, which have played a key role in these encounters, especially in the modern period, will be studied.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Restriction: COMPLIT 302
735

COMPLIT 206

: When East Meets West
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Western readers have encountered the literatures of East and South Asia, and Asian readers have encountered Western literature, in a variety of political and cultural contexts, including: colonial expansion, spiritual inquiry, modernisation, warfare, migration, and globalisation. A selection of works from East and West, which have played a key role in these encounters, especially in the modern period, will be studied.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Restriction: COMPLIT 302
736

COMPLIT 210

: World Literatures 2: Machines and Modernities
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines changing cultures and powerful ideas reflected in new literatures from the Industrial Revolution to the contemporary global era. Analyses and compares texts by genre, theme, and poetics. Includes poetry, narratives of European-Indigenous contacts, new culture movements in China and Japan, world drama, migrant writing, travel narratives. Texts are in English, with attention to texts' original languages.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
737

COMPLIT 210

: World Literatures 2: Machines and Modernities
2021 Semester One (1213)
Examines changing cultures and powerful ideas reflected in new literatures from the Industrial Revolution to the contemporary global era. Analyses and compares texts by genre, theme, and poetics. Includes poetry, narratives of European-Indigenous contacts, new culture movements in China and Japan, world drama, migrant writing, travel narratives. Texts are in English, with attention to texts' original languages.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
738

COMPLIT 302

: When East Meets West
2025 Semester One (1253)
Western readers have encountered the literatures of East and South Asia, and Asian readers have encountered Western literature, in a variety of political and cultural contexts, including: colonial expansion, spiritual inquiry, modernisation, warfare, migration, and globalisation. A selection of works from East and West, which have played a key role in these encounters, especially in the modern period, will be studied.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMPLIT 206
739

COMPLIT 302

: When East Meets West
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Western readers have encountered the literatures of East and South Asia, and Asian readers have encountered Western literature, in a variety of political and cultural contexts, including: colonial expansion, spiritual inquiry, modernisation, warfare, migration, and globalisation. A selection of works from East and West, which have played a key role in these encounters, especially in the modern period, will be studied.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMPLIT 206
740

COMPLIT 303

: Interpreting Folktales
2024 Semester Two (1245)
An introduction to the study of folktales, including collection and classification, oral and literary tales, structure, interpretative frameworks, revisions and film versions. Tales from many cultures will be examined. Contrasting theories on the origins and meanings of folktales will be explored.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMPLIT 202
741

COMPLIT 303

: Interpreting Folktales
2021 Semester Two (1215)
An introduction to the study of folktales, including collection and classification, oral and literary tales, structure, interpretative frameworks, revisions and film versions. Tales from many cultures will be examined. Contrasting theories on the origins and meanings of folktales will be explored.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMPLIT 202
742

COMPLIT 303

: Interpreting Folktales
2020 Semester Two (1205)
An introduction to the study of folktales, including collection and classification, oral and literary tales, structure, interpretative frameworks, revisions and film versions. Tales from many cultures will be examined. Contrasting theories on the origins and meanings of folktales will be explored.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMPLIT 202
743

COMPLIT 705

: Reading Across Cultures
2024 Semester One (1243)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 700, 709
744

COMPLIT 705

: Reading Across Cultures
2023 Semester One (1233)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 700, 709
745

COMPLIT 705

: Reading Across Cultures
2022 Semester Two (1225)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 700, 709
746

COMPLIT 705

: Reading Across Cultures
2021 Semester Two (1215)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 700, 709
747

COMPLIT 705

: Reading Across Cultures
2020 Semester One (1203)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 700, 709
748

COMPLIT 709

: Reading Across Cultures
2024 Semester One (1243)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 705
749

COMPLIT 709

: Reading Across Cultures
2023 Semester One (1233)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 705
750

COMPLIT 709

: Reading Across Cultures
2022 Semester Two (1225)
An advanced level review of approaches to the study of literature across cultures. Tests the potential and limits of theories of literature in the study of literary texts from many cultures and periods. Includes cross-cultural perspectives on authorship, intertextuality, reader-centred theories, literary translation, post-colonial literature, gender and sexuality, as well as reading across disciplines.
Subject: Comparative Literature
Restriction: COMPLIT 705