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World Literatures Spring 2013

Spring 2013

Courses listed here are ONLY the required and elective courses for the World Literatures major offered in Autumn 2012. Go to requirements to see the range of courses that may fulfill requirements for the World Literatures major. To see all Comparative Studies courses, go to all. Consult your Comparative Studies adviser to be sure the courses you choose are appropriate for your particular program. In some cases, courses not listed below may, given relevant content, be substituted at the discretion of your adviser.
Interdepartmental Courses in World Literatures

(Courses not listed below may, given appropriate content, be substituted at the discretion of the Comparative Studies or World Literatures adviser.)

Arranged by geo-political region:

REQUIRED COURSES:

Comparative Studies

  • 2301 Intro to World Literature, WF 220-340, Berman
  • 3302/3302E Translating Literatures and Cultures, TR 1245-205, Shea
  • 3990 Approaches to Comparative studies, WF 1110-1230, Shank

AFRICA

African American and African Studies

  • 2251 Introduction to African Literature, MWF 1130-1225, Kalu
  • 2367.04 Black Women Writers: Text and Context, MWF 150-245, Livingston; TR 355-515, Cash

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EAST AND  SOUTH ASIA/PACIFIC

Chinese

  • 4401 Chinese Poetry in Translation, TR 1245-205, Inwood
  • 4402 Chinese Fiction in Translation, TR 1110-1230, Sieber
  • 4403 Modern Chinese Literature in Translation, TR 935-1055, Denton
  • 4407 Eco-Literature in China, WF 220-340, Bender
  • 6452 History of Chinese Literature II, TR 220-340, Sieber

Japanese

  • 2451 Japanese Literature in Translation, WF 220-340, Fukumori
  • 2452 Modern Japanese Literature in Translation, MWF 150-245, Torrance
  • 5456 Japanese Literature: Modern Period, WF 220-340, Torrance

Korean

  • 2451 Korean Literature in Translation, TR 220-340, Lee

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LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN

Portuguese

  • 2330 Introduction to Brazilian Culture, WF 1110-1230, Costigan

Spanish

  • 2520 Latin American Literatures (in translation): Fiction and Reality, WF 935-1055

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MIDDLE EAST

Arabic

  • 2701 Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation, MWF 1130-1225
  • 2702H Modern Arabic Literature in Translation, TR 1110-1230, Zeidan

Hebrew

  • 2700 Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature in Translation, WF 1110-1230; TR 935-1055

Persian

  • 2701 Persian Literature in Translation, TR 335-515, Honarmand

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

  • 3700 Mythology of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, TR 935-1055; WF 1245-205
  • 3702 Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World, WF 935-1055, Buzov
  • 4601 Israeli and Palestinian Literature, TR 935-1055, Liu

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NORTH AMERICA AND  EUROPE

African American and African Studies

  • 2367.01 African-American Theatre History, MWF 410-505, Cash; TR 1245-205; TR 935-1055
  • 2367.04 Black Women Writers: Text and Context, MWF 150-245, Livingston; TR 355-515, Cash

Classics

  • 2220 Classical Mythology, MWF 1130-1225 and recitation, Hawkins
  • 2220H Classical Mythology, TR 935-1055, Hawkins; TR 1110-1230, Graf; TR 1245-205
  • 3101 Greek and Roman Epic, TR  1110-1230, Coulson
  • 3104 The Ancient Novel: Narrative Fiction in Greece and Rome,  MWF 910-1005, Heiden
  • 3215 Sex and Gender in the Ancient World, MWF 1020-1115
  • 3403 The Hero in Classical Mythology

English

  • 4514 Middle English Literature, TR 935-1055, Kiser
  • 4520.01 Shakespeare, WF 1245-205, Hamlin; TR 220-340, Higginbotham
  • 4520.02 Special Topics in Shakespeare WF 1110-1230, Wilson
  • 4521 Renaissance Drama, TR 1110-1230, Kolkovich
  • 4535 Special Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature and Culture, TR 220-340, MacPherson
  • 4540 19th-Century British Poetry TR 1110-1230, Riede
  • 4542 19th-Century British Novel, WF 935-1055, Galvan
  • 4543 20th-Century British Fiction, WF 1245-205, Schotter
  • 4547 20th-Century Poetry, TR 1110-1230, McHale
  • 4551 Special Topics in 19th-Century U.S. Literature, TR 1245-205, Williams
  • 4553 20th Century U.S. Fiction, TR 1245-205, Conroy; WF 220-340, Moddelmog; TR 355-515, Prinz
  • 4560 Special Topics in Poetry, WF 1110-1230, Cariello
  • 4561 Special Topics in Fictional and Nonfictional Narrative TR 220-340, Brewer; TR 1245-205, Myers
  • 4563 Contemporary Literature, WF 1110-1230, Shuttleworth
  • 4575 Special Topics in Literary Forms and Themes: Environmental Autobiography, TR 1110-1230, Ulman
  • 4576.03 History of Critical Theory III: Issues & Movements in Critical Theory, TR 1110-1230, Adeeko
  • 4579 Special Topics in Nonfiction, “Life Narratives,” TR 935-1055, Herman
  • 4590.02 Honors Seminar: The Renaissance, TR 1110-1230, Higginbotham
  • 4590.04 Honors Seminar: Romanticism, TR 220-340, Riede
  • 4590.06 Honors Seminar: Modern Period, TR 1245-205, Herman
  • 4590.08 Honors Seminar: U.S. and Colonial Literature, M 215-5, Renker
  • 4592 Special Topics in Women’s Literature, “Labored Realisms: Autobiography, Gender, Immigration,” TR 1245-205, Hesford
  • 4595 Literature and Law, WF 1245-205, Simmons
  • 4598 Honors Seminar: Sel Topics in Lit & Lit Interpretation, TR 935-1055, Renker

German

  • 2251 German Literature and Popular Culture, WF 1110-1230, Hammermeister; WF 935-1055, Malkmus
  • 2252H The Faust Theme, TR 935-1055
  • 3252 The Holocaust in Literature and Film, WF 935-1055, Byram
  • 3351 Democracy, Fascism, and German Culture, WF 220-340, Spencer
  • 4252 Masterpieces of German Literature, TR 935-1055, Fehervary

Russian

  • 2250 Masterpieces of Russian Literature, MWF 1240-135; MWF 1020-1115; TR 355-515

Slavic

  • 2345 Introduction to Slavic Literature and Culture, TWF 1020-1115, Wolski-Moskoff
  • 2367 The East European Immigrant Experience in America, MWF 910-1005, Sims; TR 1245-205, Labov

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  • 2367.01 U.S. Women Writers: Text and Context, TR 1245-205, Livingston; TR 530-650, Livingston; WF 1110-1230, Collingwood
  • 2367.02 U.S. Latina Writers: Text and Context, tba, Genetin

Yiddish

  • 2367 Jewish-American Voices in U.S. Literature, TR 1110-1230, Miller
  • 3371 Yiddish Literature in Translation
  • 3399 Holocaust in Yiddish and Ashkenazic Literature and Film, WF 935-1055; TR 220-340

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CROSS-CULTURAL COURSES

(Only one course may be chosen and counted toward one of the regions; all five regions must be represented.)

Comparative Studies

  • 2101 Literature and Society, WF 355-515
  • 2103 Literature and the Self, MWF 910-1005
  • 2104 Literature, Science, and Technology
  • 3603 Love in World Literature, MWF 910-1005; MWF 1240-135; WF 355-515
  • 3606 The Quest in World Literature, TR 1110-1230
  • 3608 Representations of the Experience of War, MWF 1020-1115; MWF 1130-1225; TR 220-340
  • 3607 Film and Literature as Narrative Art, M 1210-2 and WF 1240-135
  • 3607H Film and Literature as Narrative Art, M 1005-1155 and TR 1020-1115, Stevens
  • 4808 Utopia and Anti-Utopia, WF 1245-205, Jesser
  • 5864 Modernity and Postmodernity: Concepts and Theories, T 220-515, Coleman

English

  • 4583 Special Topics in World Literature in English, “Literatures of Oceania,” WF 935-1055

Linguistics

  • 2603 Language across Cultures

Women’s , Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  • 2215 Reading Women Writers, MWF 910-1005, Celleri; WF 1110-1230, Kaaedbey; tba Tai

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