Comparative Literature Selective Lists

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Selective lists for the Comparative Literature major course requriements.

Area B - Foreign Language Studies (9 Credits)

Literature, Language and Culture courses in student’s primary foreign language area. At least 6 credits in target language.

ARAB 23000 - Arabic Literature In Translation
ARAB 23900 - Arab Women Writers
ARAB 28000 - Arabic Culture
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ARAB 28100 - Introduction To Islamic Civilization And Culture
ARAB 30100 - Standard Arabic Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ARAB 30200 - Standard Arabic Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ARAB 33400 - North African Literature And Culture
(may also satisfy LA core)
ARAB 58700 - Modern Arab Thought
CHNS 23000 - Chinese Literature In Translation
CHNS 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Chinese Literature
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 28000 - Topics in Chinese Civilization and Culture
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 30100 - Chinese Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 30200 - Chinese Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 30500 - Introduction To Classical Chinese
CHNS 33000 - Introduction To Chinese Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 34100 - Chinese Literature I: Traditional Chinese Literature
CHNS 34200 - Chinese Literature II: Modern Chinese Literature
CHNS 40100 - Chinese Level VII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 40200 - Chinese Level VIII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 49300 - Special Topics In Chinese Literature
CLCS 18100 - Classical World Civilizations
(satisfies Behaviroal/Social Sciences for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 22000 - Topics In Classical Literature
CLCS 23010 - Survey Of Greek Literature In Translation
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23100 - Survey Of Latin Literature
(satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23300 - Comparative Mythology
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23500 - Introduction To Classical Mythology
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23600 - Ancient World Onscreen
CLCS 23700 - Gender And Sexuality In Greek And Roman Antiquity
(satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23800 - The Tragic Vision
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23900 - The Comic Vision
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 28000 - Topics In Classical Civilization
CLCS 33700 - The Ancient Epic
(may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 33900 - Literature And The Law
(satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 38000 - Alexander The Great and Hellenistic World
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CLCS 38300 - The Roman Empire
CLCS 38500 - Science, Medicine And Magic In The Ancient West
(may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 38600 - Ancient Greek Religion
CLCS 38700 - Roman Religion
CLCS 48000 - Potters And Society In Antiquity
CLCS 48100 - Culture And Society In The Age Of Pericles
CLCS 48300 - Republican Rome
FR 23000 - French Literature In Translation
FR 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of French Literature
FR 28000 - Second-Year French: Special Topics
FR 30100 - French Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
FR 30200 - French Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
FR 33000 - French Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
FR 34100 - French Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The Enlightenment
FR 34200 - French Literature II: The 19th And 20th Centuries
FR 40100 - French Level VII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
FR 40200 - French Level VIII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
FR 44300 - Introduction To Francophone Literature
FR 48000 - French Civilization
FR 58100 - French Culture
GER 23000 - German Literature In Translation
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
GER 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of German Literature
GER 28000 - German Special Topics
GER 30100 - German Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
GER 30200 - German Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
GER 33000 - German Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
GER 34100 - German Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The 18th Century
GER 34200 - German Literature II: From The 18th Century To The 21st Century
GER 40100 - German Level VII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
GER 40200 - German Level VIII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
GER 48000 - German Civilization
GER 58100 - German Culture
GREK 34300 - Greek Oratory
GREK 34400 - Greek Epic
GREK 35300 - Greek Tragedy
GREK 35400 - Greek Comedy
ITAL 23100 - Dante’s Divine Comedy
ITAL 28000 - Italian Culture And Civilization
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ITAL 28100 - The Italian Renaissance And Its Scientific And Cultural Impact On Western Civilization
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ITAL 30100 - Italian Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ITAL 30200 - Italian Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ITAL 33000 - The Italian Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ITAL 33300 - The Spirit Of Italian Comedy
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ITAL 34100 - Italian Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The Enlightenment
ITAL 34200 - Italian Literature II: From Romanticism To The Present
ITAL 39300 - Special Topics In Italian Literature Or Cinema
ITAL 39400 - Special Topics In Italian Literature
ITAL 49300 - Advanced Topics In Italian Literature Or Cinema
JPNS 23000 - Japanese Literature In Translation
JPNS 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Japanese Literature
JPNS 28000 - Introduction To Modern Japanese Civilization
JPNS 30100 - Japanese Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
JPNS 30200 - Japanese Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
JPNS 33000 - Japanese Cinema
JPNS 34100 - Japanese Literature I: Modern Japanese Literature
JPNS 40100 - Japanese Level VII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
JPNS 40200 - Japanese Level VIII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
JPNS 48000 - Japanese Civilization
LATN 34300 - Roman Oratory
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34400 - Roman Epic
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34500 - Roman Elegy
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34600 - Roman Rhetoric
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34700 - Roman Comedy
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 44200 - Roman Lyric Poetry
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 44300 - Roman Satire
LATN 44400 - Roman Philosophers
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 44500 - Roman Encyclopedists
(satisfies Humanities for core)
PTGS 30100 - Portuguese Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
PTGS 30200 - Portuguese Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
PTGS 33000 - Brazilian, Portuguese, And African Cinema
(may also satisfy LA core)
PTGS 39800 - Topics In Portuguese
PTGS 49800 - Advanced Topics In Portuguese
RUSS 29800 - Special Topics In Russian
RUSS 30100 - Russian Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
RUSS 30200 - Russian Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
RUSS 34100 - Russian Literature In The Nineteenth Century
RUSS 34200 - Revolution, Repression, Renewal: Soviet Literature And Beyond
RUSS 38000 - Russian Culture And Civilization I
RUSS 38100 - Russian Culture And Civilization II
RUSS 40100 - Russian Level VII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
RUSS 40200 - Russian Level VIII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
RUSS 48000 - Russian Civilization
RUSS 49700 - Topics In Russian Literature
RUSS 49800 - Topics In Russian Culture
SPAN 23100 - Cervantes’ Don Quixote
SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature In Translation
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
SPAN 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Hispanic Literature
SPAN 28000 - Second-Year Spanish: Special Topics
SPAN 30100 - Spanish Level V
(satisfies Humanities for core)
SPAN 30200 - Spanish Level VI
(satisfies Humanities for core)
SPAN 30500 - Spanish For Heritage Speakers
SPAN 30801 - Advanced Spanish For Heritage Speakers
SPAN 33500 - The Literature Of The Spanish-Speaking Peoples In The United States
(may also satisfy LA core)
SPAN 34100 - Hispanic Literature I: Poetry And Drama
SPAN 34200 - Hispanic Literature II: Prose
SPAN 39800 - Special Topics In Spanish
SPAN 40100 - Spanish Level VII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
SPAN 40200 - Spanish Level VIII
(satisfies Humanities for core)
SPAN 48000 - Spanish Civilization
SPAN 48100 - Spanish Culture
SPAN 48200 - Latin American Civilization
SPAN 48300 - Latin American Culture

Area C - Literature Courses (9 credits)

At least 3 credits must be in diverse literatures (race, class, gender, sexuality). These courses should be in a Literature or Literatures other than the student’s primary foreign language focus.

ARAB 23000 - Arabic Literature In Translation
ARAB 23900 - Arab Women Writers
ARAB 28000 - Arabic Culture
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ARAB 33400 - North African Literature And Culture
(may also satisfy LA core)
CHNS 23000 - Chinese Literature In Translation
CHNS 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Chinese Literature
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CHNS 30500 - Introduction To Classical Chinese
CHNS 34100 - Chinese Literature I: Traditional Chinese Literature
CHNS 34200 - Chinese Literature II: Modern Chinese Literature
CHNS 49300 - Special Topics In Chinese Literature
CLCS 22000 - Topics In Classical Literature
CLCS 23010 - Survey Of Greek Literature In Translation
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23100 - Survey Of Latin Literature
(satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23300 - Comparative Mythology
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23500 - Introduction To Classical Mythology
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23700 - Gender And Sexuality In Greek And Roman Antiquity
(satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23800 - The Tragic Vision
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 23900 - The Comic Vision
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 33700 - The Ancient Epic
(may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 33900 - Literature And The Law
(satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
CLCS 49900 - Special Topics In Classics
ENGL 21700 - Figures Of Myth And Legend I: Monsters
ENGL 21800 - Figures Of Myth And Legends II: Heroes And Villains
ENGL 21900 - Figures Of Myth And Legend III: Magic And Marvels
ENGL 22300 - Literature And Technology
(satisfies Science, Technology and Society for core)
ENGL 22400 - Literature, Money, And Markets
ENGL 22500 - Literature, Inequality, And Injustice
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 22600 - Narrative Medicine
(satisfies Science, Technology and Society for core)
ENGL 23000 - Great Narrative Works
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 23200 - Thematic Studies In Literature
ENGL 23400 - Ecological Literature
(satisfies Science, Technology and Society for core)
ENGL 23700 - Introduction To Poetry
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 23800 - Introduction To Fiction
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 24000 - Survey Of The British Literature: From The Beginnings Through The Neoclassical Period
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 24100 - Survey Of The British Literature: From The Rise Of Romanticism To The Modern Period
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 24900 - Great British Books
ENGL 25000 - Great American Books
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 25700 - Literature Of Black America
(may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 26400 - The Bible As Literature
(may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 34100 - Topics In Science, Literature, And Culture
ENGL 34200 - Legal Fictions
ENGL 34300 - Labor And Literature
ENGL 35000 - Survey Of American Literature From Its Beginnings To 1865
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 35100 - Survey Of American Literature From 1865 To The Post-World War II Period
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 35200 - Native American Literature
ENGL 35400 - Asian American Literature
ENGL 35800 - Black Drama
(may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 35900 - Black Women Writers
(may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 36000 - Gender And Literature
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 36500 - Literature And Imperialism
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures
(may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 36700 - Mystery And Detective Fiction
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 37300 - Science Fiction And Fantasy
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 37401 - Studies In British Literary History
ENGL 37700 - Major Modern Poetry
ENGL 37800 - Studies In American Literary History
ENGL 37900 - The Short Story
ENGL 38100 - The British Novel
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 38200 - The American Novel
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 38900 - Literature For Children
(satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 39200 - Young Adult Literature
ENGL 39600 - Studies In Literature And Language
ENGL 41100 - Studies In Major Authors
ENGL 41200 - Studies In Genre
ENGL 41400 - Studies In Literature And Culture
ENGL 43900 - Topics In Disability Studies
ENGL 44100 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
ENGL 44200 - Shakespeare
ENGL 44400 - Milton
ENGL 46000 - Studies In Women’s Literature
ENGL 46200 - The Bible As Literature: The Old Testament
ENGL 46300 - The Bible As Literature: The New Testament
ENGL 46600 - Cultural Encounters
FR 23000 - French Literature In Translation
FR 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of French Literature
FR 28000 - Second-Year French: Special Topics
FR 34100 - French Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The Enlightenment
FR 34200 - French Literature II: The 19th And 20th Centuries
FR 39400 - Special Topics In French Literature
FR 44300 - Introduction To Francophone Literature
GER 23000 - German Literature In Translation
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
GER 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of German Literature
GER 28000 - German Special Topics
GER 34100 - German Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The 18th Century
GER 34200 - German Literature II: From The 18th Century To The 21st Century
GREK 34300 - Greek Oratory
GREK 34400 - Greek Epic
GREK 35300 - Greek Tragedy
GREK 35400 - Greek Comedy
ITAL 23100 - Dante’s Divine Comedy
ITAL 33300 - The Spirit Of Italian Comedy
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ITAL 34100 - Italian Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The Enlightenment
ITAL 34200 - Italian Literature II: From Romanticism To The Present
ITAL 39300 - Special Topics In Italian Literature Or Cinema
ITAL 39400 - Special Topics In Italian Literature
ITAL 49300 - Advanced Topics In Italian Literature Or Cinema
JPNS 23000 - Japanese Literature In Translation
JPNS 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Japanese Literature
JPNS 34100 - Japanese Literature I: Modern Japanese Literature
LATN 34300 - Roman Oratory
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34400 - Roman Epic
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34500 - Roman Elegy
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34600 - Roman Rhetoric
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 34700 - Roman Comedy
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 44200 - Roman Lyric Poetry
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 44300 - Roman Satire
LATN 44400 - Roman Philosophers
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LATN 44500 - Roman Encyclopedists
(satisfies Humanities for core)
LC 23100 - Fairytale, Folktale, Fable
LC 23300 - Love, Sex, And Gender In Western European Literature
LC 23500 - East Asian Literature In Translation
(may also satisfy LA core)
LC 23900 - Women Writers In Translation
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
LC 33100 - Comparative Literature In Translation
LC 49000 - Special Topics In Foreign Languages And Literatures
PTGS 39800 - Topics In Portuguese
PTGS 49800 - Advanced Topics In Portuguese
RUSS 29800 - Special Topics In Russian
RUSS 34100 - Russian Literature In The Nineteenth Century
RUSS 34200 - Revolution, Repression, Renewal: Soviet Literature And Beyond
RUSS 48000 - Russian Civilization
RUSS 49700 - Topics In Russian Literature
SPAN 23100 - Cervantes’ Don Quixote
SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature In Translation
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
SPAN 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Hispanic Literature
SPAN 28000 - Second-Year Spanish: Special Topics
SPAN 33500 - The Literature Of The Spanish-Speaking Peoples In The United States
(may also satisfy LA core)
SPAN 34100 - Hispanic Literature I: Poetry And Drama
SPAN 34200 - Hispanic Literature II: Prose

Area D - Film Studies (3 credits)

CHNS 33000 - Introduction To Chinese Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core)
CLCS 23600 - Ancient World Onscreen
ENGL 27600 - Shakespeare On Film
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 27900 - The American Short Story In Print And Film
ENGL 28600 - The Movies
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 38600 - History Of Film To 1938
ENGL 38700 - History Of The Film From 1938 To The Present
FR 33000 - French Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
GER 33000 - German Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ITAL 33000 - The Italian Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ITAL 33500 - Italian-American Cinema
JPNS 33000 - Japanese Cinema
LC 33300 - The Middle Ages On Film
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
PTGS 33000 - Brazilian, Portuguese, And African Cinema
(may also satisfy LA core)
RUSS 33000 - Russian And East European Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
SPAN 33000 - Spanish And Latin American Cinema
(satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)

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Comparative Literature Selective Lists

Area B - Foreign Language Studies (9 Credits)

Area C - Literature Courses (9 credits)

Area D - Film Studies (3 credits)