This course provides an account of some of the major theoretical trends and currents which inform our thinking and practice of Comparative Literature and Culture. Reading canonical and contemporary texts alongside each other, students will ask questions such as: Who counts as a subject and how should we understand racial, sexual and species difference? How should we conceptualise culture in a globalised world? Students will be assessed by a learning journal - in which they reflectively chart their analytical and affective responses to the course - and an essay.