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All major areas of concentration in Comparative Studies require a total of 60 credits, including Comparative Studies 398 and 598 and at least one "foundation course" in the area of concentration. Remaining courses fulfill interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative and distribution requirements. All Comparative Studies students should work with their advisers to develop a strong, coherent, individualized program.

Foundation courses (5 credits):

Interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative requirement (25 credits):


Distribution requirement (Electives) (30 credits):

Students must take coursework in two different literary traditions, only one of which may be in the English language. At least 10 credit hours in a non-English literary tradition at the 400-level or above must be taken in the original (foreign) language. (Prerequisites beyond 104 may in some cases be required; these will not be counted toward the major.) The remaining 20 credit hours may be in English, in the original or in translation. These must be focused in a particular area and must include at least 5 credits in related non-European and non-North American literatures (e.g., African, Caribbean, East Asian).

Coursework is to be chosen from the departments of English, African American and African Studies, East Asian, Greek and Latin, French and Italian, German, NELC, Spanish and Portuguese, and Slavic and East European. The list of elective courses that fulfill this requirement is below. No more than five credits at the 200-level may count toward the Distribution Requirement.

Comparative Studies
214 Intro to Sexuality Studies
H240 Nature of Modernity: Key Ideas and Enduring Problems
241 Intro to Asian American Studies
242 Intro to Latino/a Studies
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
264 Reading Popular Culture
270 Intro to Comparative Religion
272 Science and Society
273 Intro to World Literature
274 Intro to Comparative Cultural Studies
275 Intro to Visual Representation
301 Love in World Literature
306 The Quest in World Literature
308 Representations of Experience of War
314 Women in East Asian and Asian American Literature
358 Film and Literature as Narrative Art
373 Problems in Literary and Cultural Translation
508 Utopia and Anti-Utopia
510 Twentieth-century Novel: Transnational Contexts
541 Myth and Ritual
542 Native American Identity
543 Asian American Literature and Culture
544 Latino/a Literature and Culture
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
550 Wexner Center Seminar
573 World Literature: Theory & Practice
585.01 Topics in Literacy Studies
585.02 History of Literacy
645 Studies in Korean American Literature
648 Studies in Orality and Literacy
651 Topics in Comparative Studies
660 Modernism: Its Origins & Dev in 20th-century Politics & Culture
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-century Mediterranean
677.01 World Folklore: Genres of Folk Literature
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature

African American and African Studies
251 Introduction to African Literature
254 Themes in African American Literature
271 Contemporary Black Drama
351 Caribbean Literature in English
451 Black Experience: Caribbean, African, & Afr-Amer Lit
460 Political Thought in African Literature
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
551 Sel Topics in African American and Related Literatures
581 Philosophy in Contemporary African Literature
H584 Literature and the Modern Expericence in Africa
595 Theorizing Race
756 Theorizing Race and Ethnicity

Arabic
371 Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation
372 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
*401 Intermediate Literary Arabic Reading
615 Translation: Theory and Practice
*626 Intro to the Qur'an
*627 Classical Arabic Poetry
*628 Classical Arabic Prose
*651 Contemporary Arabic Prose Fiction
*652 Contemporary Arabic Poetry and Drama
671 The Qur'an in Translation
672 Arabic Folk Narrative in Translation

Chinese
251 Chinese Literature in Translation
501 Chinese Poetry in Translation
502 Chinese Fiction in Translation
503 Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
504 Chinese Drama in Translation
505 China in Chinese Film
*310, 311 Intensive Second-Third Year Chinese I and II
*510, 511 Intensive Third Year Chinese I and II
*601, 602, 603 Classical Chinese I, II, and III
*610, 611, 612 Fourth Year Chinese I, II, and III
651 History of Chinese Literature I
652 History of Chinese Literature II
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature

Classics
222 Classical Mythology
H223 Topics in Ancient Literature and Society
301 Greek and Roman Epic
302 Greek and Roman Drama
303 Comic Spirit in Antiquity
310 Topics in Ancient Literature and Culture
322 The Hero in Classical Mythology
505 Political Thought and Institutions in the Greco-Roman World

East Asian
346 Asian American Film
675 Women Writers, Culture, and Society in East Asia

English
201 Selected Works of British Lit: Med. through 1800
202 Selected Works of Brit Lit: 1800 to the Present
220 Introduction to Shakespeare
264 Intro to Reading Popular Culture
275 Thematic Approaches to Literature
277 Intro to Disability Studies
280 The English Bible
281 Intro to African American Literature
290 Colonial and U.S. Literature to 1865
291 U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present
H296 Honors Seminar: Literature and Intellectual Movements
513 Intro to Medieval Literature
514 Middle English Literature
515 Chaucer
520.01 Shakespeare
520.02 Special Topics in Shakespeare
521 16th-Century Literature
522 Early 17th Century Literature
531 Restoration and Early 18th Century Literature
533 Literature of the 18th Century: 1740-1800
535 The Early British Novel: Origins to the 1830s
540 Poetry and Poetics of the British Romantic Period
541 Victorian Poetry and Poetics
542 The Victorian Novel
543 20th Century British Fiction
547 20th Century Poetry
549 Modern Drama
550 Colonial and U.S. Literature to 1830
551 U.S. Literature 1830-1865
552 U.S. Literature, 1865 1914
553 20th Century U.S. Fiction
559 Intro to Narrative and Narrative Theory
560 Special Topics in Poetry
561 Special Topics in Fictional and Nonfictional Narrative
562 Special Topics in Drama
563 Contemporary Literature
564.01 Major Author Med Renaissance Brit Lit
564.02 Major Author 18th & 19th Century Brit Lit
564.03 Major Author American Lit to 1900
564.04 Major Author 20th Century Lit
575 Special Topics Literary Forms & Themes
576 Studies Topics in Critical Theory
576.01 History of Critical Theory: Plato to Aestheticism
576.02 History of Critical Theory: 1900 to Present
576.03 Issues & Movements in Critical Theory
578 Studies in Film
578.01 Special Topics in Film and Literature
578.02 Special Topics in Cinema
579 Special Topics in Non-Fiction
580 Special Topics in Gay and Lesbian Language and Literature
581 Special Topics in U.S. Ethnic Literatures
582 Studies in African American Literature
583 Special Topics in World Literature in English
585.01 Intro to the Study of Literacy
585.02 History of Literacy
586 American Indian Literature and Culture
587 Asian American Literature and Culture
588 Latino/a Literature and Culture
H590 Honors Seminar: Major Periods in Literary History
H590.01 Honors Seminar: The Middle Ages
H590.02 Honors Seminar: The Renaissance
H590.03 Honors Seminar: 18th-century
H590.04 Honors Seminar: Romanticism
H590.05 Honors Seminar: Later 19th Century
H590.06 Honors Seminar: Modern Period
H590.07 Honors Seminar: Literature in English after 1945
H590.08 Honors Seminar: U.S. and Colonial Literature
592 Special Topics in Women in Literature
593 Literature and Law
597 The Disability Experience in the Contemporary World
H598 Honors Seminar: Sel Topics in Lit & Lit Interpretation
681.01 Studies Korean American Literature
681.02 Studies Japanese American Literature
681.03 Studies Chinese American Literature

French
250 Topics in French Literature and Culture in Translation
*425 French Literature and Society
*426 French Literature and the Self
*427 Francophone Literature: from Empire to Nation
*440 Intro to the Study of Contemporary French Culture
470 Intro to French Cinema
*602 French Translating
*631 French Literature of the Renaissance
*643 From Absolute Monarchy to WWII
*644 French Civilization since WWII
*650 Survey of Medieval French Literature
*652 French Literature of the 17th Century
*653 French Literature of the Enlightment
*655 French Literature from Naturalism to World War I
*656 French Literature between the Two World Wars
*657.01 Francophone Lit: Black Africa & the Caribbean
*657.02 Francophone Lit: North Africa
*657.03 Francophone Lit: Quebec
*663 Women in French Literature
670 Studies in French Cinema
672 French Cinema 1945 to Present
*700-level courses in original language

German
*230 Intro to German Prose
*231 Intro to German Poetry
*232 Intro to German Drama
250 German Literature and Popular Culture
261 German Classics in Translation
262 Modern German Literature in Translation
H263 The Faust Theme
275 Develop Contemp Germany: Dresden Yesterday & Today
291 Early German Literature in Cultural Context
292 Modern German Literature in Cultural Context
299 Weimar & the Third Reich in German Literature and Film
303 The Practice of Translation
399 The Holocaust inn Literature and Film
*420 Studies in German Literature I (750 1700)
*421 Studies in German Literature II (1700 1870)
*422 Studies in German Literature III (1870 Present)
*463 German Culture of the 19th and 20th Centuries
*540 Literature and Life in German Speaking Countries
*550 Current Events in German Speaking Countries
*640 Topics in German Literature and Culture
H670 Cinema and the Historical Avant Garde
671 German Cinema to 1945
672 German Cinema from 1945 to the Present
*700-level courses in original language

Greek
*223 Homer
*605 Greek Tragedy
*607 Greek Epic
*609 Readings in Plato
*610 Greek Comedy
*611 Greek Hymn, Lyric and Elegy

Hebrew
370 Biblical and Post Biblical Hebrew Literature in Translation
371 Medieval Hebrew Literature in Translation
372 Modern Hebrew Lit in Translation
373 Prophecy in the Bible and Post Biblical Literature
374 Women in Biblical and Post Biblical Hebrew Literature
378 Biblical and Post-Biblical Wisdom Literature
*421 Modern Hebrew Short Story
*422 Modern Hebrew Poetry
*425 Readings in the Mishnah
*620 Intro to Hebrew Literary & Cultural Texts
*621 The Bible as Literature: Selected Readings
*623 Readings in Rabbinic Literature
671 The Problem of Evil in Biblical & Post Biblical Literature
*700-level courses in original language

History
332 Jews in American Film
513.01 European Intellectual & Cultural History: 19th Century
513.02 European Intellectual & Cultural History: 20th Century

History of Art
260 Introduction to World Cinema
350 World Cinema Today
546 Introduction to Film Theory
647 Silent Cinema: 1895-1927
648 Classical Sound Cinema: 1927-1948
649 Recent Cinema: 1948-Present
650 Avant Garde Cinema
653 History of Documentary Cinema

Italian
221 Masterpieces of the Italian Cinema
251 Dante in Translation
*420 Thematic Approaches to Modern Italian Lit & Culture
602 Italian Translating
*621 Dante
*622 Petrarch and Boccaccio
*625 Italian Literature of the Renaissance
*626 Italian Lit of the 17th and 18th Centuries
*627 Modern Italian Fiction
*628 Modern Italian Poetry
*700-level courses in original language

Japanese
251 Japanese Lit in Translation
252 Modern Japanese Lit in Translation
501 Japanese Lit in Critical Perspective
*654 Japanese Lit: Classical Period
*655 Japanese Lit: Medieval and Edo Periods
*656 Japanese Lit: Modern Period
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
*300-, 500-, and 600-level language courses and 700-level courses in original language

Korean
251 Korean Literature in Translation
505 Korean Drama in Translation
645 Studies in Korean American Literature
653 Advanced Readings in Korean
654 Korean Literary Traditions
*300-, 500-, and 600-level language courses and 700-level courses in original language

Latin
*206 Roman Comedy
*210 Cicero
*211 Vergil
*213 Ovid
*214 Latin Lyric
600-level courses in Latin

Modern Greek
371 Modern Greek Lit in Translation
*628 Byzantine Greek Prose
*651 Contemporary Greek Prose
*652 Contemporary Greek Poetry

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
244 Films of the Middle East
271 Sacred Texts of the Near East
272 Masterpieces of Near Eastern Lit in Translation
360 Sheherazade and Company: Sex, Gender and Power in Middle Eastern Storytelling
371 Songs of Kings and Lovers: Literature of the Ancient Near East
372 Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
374 The Novel in the Middle East
642 Representing the Middle East in Film
648 Studies in Orality and Literacy
671 Canon and Communities in the Near East
672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-century Mediterranean

Persian
370 Mythology and Folklore
371 Persian Literature in Translation
*651 Persian Prose
*652 Persian Poetry
*700-level courses in original language

Philosophy
240 Philosophical Problems in the Arts
H242 Honors Philosophy of Film
672 Philosophy in Literature

Polish
630 Polish Literature to 1900
631 Polish Literature 1900-Present

Portuguese
510 Portuguese Translation
*551 Survey of Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures I
*552 Survey of Portuguese and Brazilian Literatures II
*560 Portuguese Culture and Civilization
*561 Brazilian Culture and Civilization
*650 Topics in Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World

Russian
235 Modern Russian Culture: Magnificence, Mayhem, and Mafia
250 Masterpieces of 19th Century Russian Literature
251 Masterpieces of 20th and 21st Century Russian Literature
360 Russian Dreams and Nightmares: The Modern Russian Experience through Film
520 The Golden Age of Russian Literature
521 Russian Lit in the Age of Realism
522 Modernism and Revolution in Russian Literature
523 Rise and Fall of Soviet Literature
*560 Contemporary Russian in Cultural & Literary Context I
*561 Contemporary Russian in Cultural & Literary Context II
644 Russian Folklore
650 Dostoevsky
651 Tolstoy
653 Russian Drama
656 Russian Women Writers
660 Basic Approaches to the Study of Russian Literature
675 Writing Seminar on Topics of Russian Lit, Lang, & Life
*700-level courses in original language

Scandinavian
222 Nordic Mythology and Medieval Culture
500 Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature
520 The Films of Ingmar Bergman

Slavic Languages and Literatures
245 Introduction to Slavic Literature and Culture
H583 Cinderella’s Fantasy: Gender and Women in Western and Eastern Europe

Spanish
320 Don Quixote in Translation
321 The Spanish Don Juan Theme in Theatre
380 Introduction to Latin American Film
*450 Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture in Spanish
520 Latin American Literature in Translation: Fictions and Realities
*551 Spanish Golden Age Lit
*552 Modern Spanish Lit
*555 Indigenous and Colonial Literatures of Spanish America
*556 Modern Spanish American Literature
*557 Survey of Latino/a Literature in the U.S.
*H565 Latin American Indigenous Literatures and Cultures
*580 Latin American Film
*581 Spanish Film
*H590 Interdisciplinary Protocols: Identity and National Formation in Latin America: Perspectives from Literature, Culture and History
*650 Senior Seminar in Spanish or Spanish Amer Literature
*660 Senior Seminar in Hispanic Culture
*700-level courses in original language

Theatre
H230 Moving Image Art
271 Great Ages of the Theatre
531 Theatre Repertory I
532 Theatre Repertory II
533 Theatre Repertory III
671 Theatre Topics I
672 Theatre Topics II
673 History of the Theatre III 674 Contemporary Theatre History
774 Cinematic Representation
777 Studies in the Documentary
778 A History of the Moving Image

Turkish
372 Turkish Literature in Translation
*627 Classical Turkish Poetry
641 Travels in Turkey
*651 Modern Turkish Poetry and Prose
*700-level courses in original language

Women's Studies
300 Introduction to Feminist Analysis
317 Women and Film
372 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
375 Women and Visual Culture
517 Women Film Directors
527 Studies in Gender and Cinema
540 Studies in Women of Color Writing Culture
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
550 Intro to Western Feminist Theory
575 Issues in Contemporary Feminist Theory
620 Topics in Feminist Studies

Yiddish
371 Yiddish Literature in Translation
399 The Holocaust in Literature and Film
641 Places in Ashkenaz
*651 Modern Yiddish Prose
*700-level courses in original language