Comparative Literature

Unless otherwise stated in the description below, each class meets for three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Comparative Literature: C L

Lower-Division Course

119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S. Topics in Comparative Literature.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser for comparative literature. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Upper-Division Courses

320. Conference Course in Comparative Literature.

Independent study of literary projects under supervision of professors in comparative literature. Prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in literature, of which three hours must be in a classical or foreign language.

321. Comparative Study of Literary Periods.

Study of major literary periods (the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Modernism) or major aspects of periods (Renaissance or Romantic lyric poetry, Humanism and the Enlightenment) in the context provided by literatures from several national and linguistic traditions. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

323. Topics in Comparative Literature.

Study of masterpieces of world literature; of different literary genres; of the relationship between literature and other disciplines, such as psychology, philosophy, and film; and of special topics of a comparative nature. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.

Topic 1: Literature of East-West Confrontation. Same as English 379N (Topic 1: Literature of East-West Confrontation), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 372 (Topic 9: Literature of East-West Confrontation), Middle Eastern Studies 322K (Topic 9: Literature of East-West Confrontation), and Women's Studies 340 (Topic 1: Literature of East-West Confrontation). Novels, poems, and travel accounts of the encounter between East and West that changed literary history in both worlds. Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 1) and Oriental and African Languages and Literatures 372 (Topic 9: Literature of East-West Confrontation) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of lower-division English, including English 316K or the equivalent.

129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S. Topics in Comparative Literature.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser for comparative literature. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Czech

See Department of Slavic Languages.

Danish

See Department of Germanic Studies.

Dutch

See Department of Germanic Studies.


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