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Faculty
Literature
Lower-Division Courses
1.
Literary Interpretation.
F,W,S
Close reading and analysis of literary texts, including
representative examples of several different genres and periods. An
introduction to practical criticism required of all literature majors;
should be completed prior to upper-division work in literature.
Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and
Composition requirements. Enrollment restricted to first-year students
and sophomores, or literature and proposed literature majors and
literature minors. (General Education Code(s): IH, W.)
P. Gaitet,
S. Gillman,
W. Jones
42.
Student-Directed Seminar.
F,W,S
Seminars taught by upper-division students under faculty supervision. (See course 192.)
The Staff
61.
Introduction to Literary Genres.
The Staff
61F.
Introduction to Reading Fiction.
*
Close reading of short stories and some novels with the aim of
developing critical methods for the analysis and interpretation of
prose fiction. Topics include character, plot, narrative structure, and
the poetics of prose. (General Education Code(s): IH.) The Staff
61H.
Introduction to Film Analysis.
S
Introduces techniques for the close reading of film, with
particular attention to film form (shot-by-shot analysis), cinematic
codes, narrative structure, and the ideological burdens of the basic
cinematic apparatus. Case studies of select works by major directors
from the Hollywood studio period. Topics for 2008: John Ford, Orson
Welles, Alfred Hitchcock. (General Education Code(s): IH.) D. Selden
61M.
Approaches to Classical Myth.
W
Introduction to Greek myths, including selected ancient texts and
visual artifacts, historical and cultural context of their creation and
reception, modern theoretical approaches such as structuralism and
psychoanalysis, and interpretations in various media. (Also offered as
History 61. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) (General
Education Code(s): IH.) K. Bassi
61P.
Introduction to Reading Poetry.
*
An introduction to selected modes and forms of poetry with an
emphasis on close textual analysis. Examples will be taken from
different historical periods and poetic traditions. (General Education
Code(s): IH.) The Staff
61R.
Race in Literature.
F
An investigation into the various uses and abuses of "race" in
20th-century fiction. Authors may include Jean Rhys, Paul Bowles, Mark
Twain, Russell Banks, Darius James, Joseph Conrad, Nella Larsen, LeRoi
Jones/Amiri Baraka, Leslie Marmon Silko, and V.S. Naipaul. (General
Education Code(s): IH, E.) L. Chude-Sokei
80.
Topics in Literature.
The Staff
80A.
Biblical Narratives.
W
No book has so decisively influenced the development of the
Western world as the Bible. Traces the Bible's influence on narrative,
themes, and ideas in Western literature. Explores major Biblical
stories and themes in a comparative context and traces their
reappearance in Western literature and imaginative works. (General
Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.) R. Sherwin
80L.
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry.
*
Focus is on the destruction of the Jews of Europe by Nazi Germany.
Issues are historically grounded, and include works of literature,
social sciences, philosophy, and film. (Also offered as History 80W.
Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) (General Education
Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, E.) P. Kenez,
M. Baumgarten
80M.
Romantic Fiction.
S
A study of novels, short stories, and fairy tales by authors from
America, England, France, and Germany. Readings include works by Poe,
Hawthorne, Mary Shelley, Goethe, Hoffman, Rousseau, and Mérimée.
(General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.) L. Nygaard
80S.
Aristotle's Poetics.
*
Close reading and analysis of Aristotle's
Poetics,with special attention to the subsequent fate and
influence of the notions advanced in the book. (General Education
Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.) W. Godzich
80X.
Global Narratives.
F
An introduction to works (novels, film, autobiography, travel
literature) considered in relation to life in the modern world system.
Topics and contexts include colonialism, postcolonialism, transnational
capitalism, migrancy, diaspora, global cities, travel, and tourism.
(General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, E.)
V. Cooppan
80Z.
Introduction to Shakespeare.
*
Study of representative plays. No previous experience with Shakespeare is assumed.
(General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts.)
The Staff
88A.
Terror and Philosophy
(1 credit).
W
Discussion of terror and terrorism from a philosophical perspective, with a focus on Juergen Habermas and Jacques Derrida.
Enrollment restricted to first-year students.
Enrollment limited to 15.
W. Godzich
99.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
The Staff
99F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Upper-Division Courses
101.
Theory and Interpretation.
F,W,S
Contemporary approaches to literary and cultural theory, with
emphasis on how theoretical perspectives advance and broaden the
reading of literary texts. Introduction to important new theoretical
developments and their antecedents. Literature majors should complete
this course as early as possible. Topics: (F) literary hermeneutics;
(W) authorship; (S) post-humanism and the question of the animal.
Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and
Composition requirements. Enrollment restricted to literature and
proposed literature majors and literature minors. May be repeated for
credit. (General Education Code(s): W.) W. Godzich,
J. Greene, C. Freccero
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
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Graduate Courses
200.
Proseminar.
F
The proseminar provides a common experience for entering students,
facilitates exchange of ideas and approaches to literary and
extra-literary texts, critical issues, and theoretical problems. It
focuses on broad aspects of the history of theory and criticism, on the
students' critical writing, and on aspects of professional development.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
W. Godzich
201.
The Pedagogy of Literature
(1 credit).
F
Provides training for graduate students in university-level
pedagogy in general and in the pedagogy of literature specifically.
Coordinated by a graduate student who has had substantial experience as
a teaching assistant, under the supervision of a faculty member.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
H. Moglen
202.
Colloquium
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Student receives credit for attending designated number of
freestanding lectures, colloquia, symposia, or conferences during the
term and reports orally, or in writing, to instructor. Enrollment
restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
204.
Readings in Literature
(2 credits).
*
Focuses on selected texts or authors in literature and/or theory.
Students meet with instructor to discuss readings and deepen their
knowledge on a particular author, critic, theorist, or text. Enrollment
restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
291F.
Advising
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Independent study formalizing the advisee-advisor relationship.
Regular meetings to plan, assess, and monitor academic progress and to
evaluate course work as necessary. May be used to develop general
bibliography of background reading and trajectory of study. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit.
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Creative Writing
Lower-Division Courses
10.
Introduction to Creative Writing.
F,W,S
Introduction to the crafts and techniques of poetry, fiction, and
creative non-fiction, identifying and exploring traditional and
non-traditional literary forms and genres while working on individual
creative writing projects. An author reading and two workshop section
per week. Prerequisite: satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing
requirement. Enrollment restricted to first-year students, sophomores,
and juniors. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s):
A.) The Staff
52.
Intermediate Fiction Writing.
F,W,S
An intermediate-level course in fiction designed for prospective
creative writing majors. Prerequisite(s): submission of writing at
first class meeting. May be repeated for credit. (General Education
Code(s): A.)
(F,W) M. Sanders-Self, A. Brooks
53.
Intermediate Poetry Writing.
F,W,S
An intermediate-level course in poetry designed for prospective
creative writing majors. Prerequisite(s): submission of writing at
first class meeting. May be repeated for credit. (General Education
Code(s): A.)
(F,W,S) G. Young
99F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Upper-Division Courses
170.
Methods and Materials.
S
Focuses on a particular process or subject used in the production
of a literary text. Course is intended to work as a bridge between
invention and scholarship. Topic: Borderlands. Enrollment restricted to
creative writing literature majors. May be repeated for credit.
(General Education Code(s): A.) R. Wilson
180.
Advanced Writing: Fiction.
F,W,S
Intensive work in writing fiction. Satisfies the Creative Writing Literature concentration.
Enrollment restricted to creative writing literature majors or permission of instructor.
May be repeated for credit.
(General Education Code(s): A.)
(W)
M. Perks,
(FS)
K. Yamashita
183.
Advanced Writing: Poetry.
F,W
Intensive work in writing poetry. Satisfies the Creative Writing Literature concentration.
Enrollment restricted to creative writing literature majors or permission of instructor.
May be repeated for credit.
(General Education Code(s): A.)
(F)
N. Mackey,
(W)
G. Young
192.
Directed Student Teaching.
F,W,S
Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision. (See course 42.)
The Staff
194.
Creative Project Seminar.
Seminar for students beginning work on their creative writing
senior project. Led by a faculty member, the seminar helps prepare each
student to complete the project. Attention is given to focusing of
creative topics, review of work in progress, work rhythms, and
revision. The Staff
194A.
Poetry.
S
Satisfies the Creative Writing Literature concentration.
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101. Enrollment restricted to senior creative writing literature majors.
G. Young
194B.
Fiction.
S
Satisfies the Creative Writing Literature concentration.
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101. Enrollment restricted to senior creative writing literature majors.
K. Yamashita
195.
Senior Essay.
F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
English-Language Literatures
Upper-Division Courses
102.
Canons.
102A.
The Traditional British Canon, Part I.
W
The constitution of the "canon" of English literature from Chaucer
to Cowper. Satisfies the English and Pre- and Early Modern Studies
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early
Modern distribution requirements.
W. Jones
102B.
The Traditional British Canon, Part II.
S
Explores poetry and prose from 1800 to 1950 through extensive
reading in the Romantics, Victorians, Moderns, articulating the
connections among them, connecting their work to key social, political,
scientific, and technological moments defining these eras. Satisfies
the English and Modern Literature concentrations; also
satisfies the Poetry distribution requirement.
The Staff
102C.
The Traditional U.S. Canon: Beginnings to 1900.
*
Major works from the colonial and early national periods to 1900,
with attention to their social and cultural context. Satisfies the
English and Modern Literature concentrations.
K. Gruesz
103.
Periods and Movements.
103A.
British Literature and Culture to 1740.
F
Literature and society to 1740. Topic: friendship, family, and the
household in early modern England. Satisfies the English and Pre- and
Early Modern Studies Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Pre-
and Early Modern Studies distribution requirement.
C. Cady
103I.
The Harlem Renaissance.
W
Examination of major writings of the Harlem Renaissance, with
attention to cultural and historical background. Satisfies the English
and Modern Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry
distribution requirement. (General Education Code(s): E.)
N. Mackey
103J.
Contemporary American Literature.
S
A selective examination of major writing since WWII, with
attention to both literary issues and historical context. Satisfies the
English and Modern Literature concentrations. May be repeated for
credit.
The Staff
103K.
American Literature: 1900 to WWII.
W
Surveys American literature in and around the climate of
"modernism." Beginning with texts written at the turn of the century,
course ranges widely through the early to mid-20th century. Special
attention will be given to works produced before and between World
Wars, as well as to the various artistic, social and international
movements characterizing that period. Satisfies the English and Modern
Literature concentrations.
The Staff
110.
Prose.
110B.
The 18th-Century English Novel.
*
The 18th-century novel from Defoe to Austen. Satisfies the English
and Pre- and Early Modern Literature concentrations; also satisfies the
Pre- and Early Modern distribution requirement.
J. Greene
110C.
The 19th-Century English Novel.
*
The 19th-century novel: Austen to Brontë.
The Staff
110D.
The 19th- and 20th-Century English Novel.
S
The 19th- and 20th-century novel: Hardy to Joyce. Satisfies the English and Modern Literature concentrations.
The Staff
110F.
Nineteenth-Century American Fiction.
S
Examination of selected fiction written between the end of the
18th century and the Civil War, with attention to historical and
cultural as well as literary issues. Satisfies the English and Modern
Literary Studies concentrations.
The Staff
120.
Poetry.
120A.
Poetry of the 17th Century.
*
Readings in the works of Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Herrick, Marvell,
and others. Satisfies the English and Pre- and Early Modern Studies
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early
Modern distribution requirements.
The Staff
120C.
Nineteenth-Century American Poetry.
F
The major figures and important movements from Poe to Emerson
through Whitman and Dickinson. Satisfies the English and Modern
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry distribution
requirement.
K. Gruesz
120G.
Open Field Poetry and Poetics.
*
The theory and practice of a number of recent American poets
associated with ideas of open form: Amiri Baraka, Robert Creeley,
Edward Dorn, Robert Duncan, Robert Kelly, Denise Levertov, Charles
Olson, Gary Snyder, and others. Satisfies the English and Modern
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry distribution
requirement.
N. Mackey
120J.
The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetry and Community.
*
Examines poetic regionalism, with particular attention to theories
and practices coming out of the San Francisco Bay Area from 1945–65:
opposition to war, alternative practices of publishing communities, and
artistic collaborations and inter-related artistic and poetic
communities. Satisfies the American, English, and Modern
concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry distribution requirement.
The Staff
130.
Drama.
130B.
English Drama: 1576–1642.
*
Study of representative plays. Satisfies the English and Pre- and
Early Modern Studies Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Pre-
and Early Modern distribution requirement.
The Staff
130C.
Introduction to American Drama.
F
Examines drama in the United States. Issues such as race,
sexuality, gender, class, and the art of drama are explored. Satisfies
the English and Modern Lierature concentrations. May be repeated for
credit. (General Education Code(s): E.)
M. Hendricks
140.
Visual Media/Popular Culture.
140C.
The Films of John Carpenter.
*
Study of development and central themes of preeminent genre
director of the "post-Hollywood" era, concentrating on central core of
major works in horror/science fiction genres from
Halloween
to
In the Mouth of Madness,
with attention to
the comedies and action films. Satisfies the English, Literature and
Film, and Modern Literature concentrations.
H. Leicester
150.
Ethnic Writing.
150A.
Afro-American Literature.
*
Examination of major Afro-American writing of the past 150 years,
with attention to the historical, cultural, and general literary
context out of which it emerged and upon which it commented. Satisfies
the English and Modern Literature concentrations. (General Education
Code(s): E.)
N. Mackey
150B.
Chicano Literature.
*
An intensive examination of contemporary Chicano autobiography,
narrative, poetry, and film. Satisfies the English and Modern
Literature concentrations. (General Education Code(s): E.)
K. Gruesz
150C.
Asian American Literature.
F
Examination of Asian American literary works (fiction, poetry,
dramatic essays) in the context of the historical presence of Asian
Americans in the United States from the 1850s. Emphasis on comparison
of select works from ethnic Asian writings. Satisfies the English and
Modern Literature concentrations. (General Education Code(s): E.)
K. Yamashita
150F.
African-American Women Writers.
F
Explores the cultural, aesthetic, political, and feminist issues
in select works by African-American women. Through close analysis of
the works, students develop an understanding of the intersections that
race, gender, and class play in the literary imaginations of these
writers. Satisfies the English Language and Modern Literary Studies
concentrations. (General Education Code(s): E.)
M. Hendricks
155.
Regional Writing.
155B.
Regions in American Literature.
*
Examines development of regional writing in the U.S.
May be repeated for credit.
R. Wilson
155D.
Studies in South African Literature.
*
A survey of writing from South Africa since 1948, focusing on
social and political themes. Authors include Paton, Gordimer,
Mphahlele, Fugard, Ndebele, Head, Brutus, Coetzee, and others.
Satisfies the English and Modern and World Literature concentrations;
also satisfies the Global distribution requirement. (General Education
Code(s): E.)
J. Jordan
160.
Transnational Writing.
160B.
Empire and After in the British Novel.
*
Examines fiction written in English, 1883–1948, in order to
consider the complex relations–complicit, resistant, both—between
literary and imperialist discourses. Likely novelists for study are
Schreiner, Haggard, Conrad, Kipling, Forster, Hilton, Paton. Satisfies
the English and Modern Literature concentrations. May be repeated for
credit.
V. Cooppan
160C.
Postcolonial Writing.
*
Introduces students to a selection of postcolonial theory and texts.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
160E.
Caribbean Literature.
*
A study of major writing from the English-speaking Caribbean, with
attention to the historical and cultural context out of which it arises
and to which it responds. Authors include Edward Kamau Brathwaite,
Wilson Harris, George Lamming, Paule Marshall, V. S. Naipaul, Victor
Reid, Jean Rhys, and Derek Walcott. Satisfies the English and Modern
and World Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global
distribution requirement. (General Education Code(s): E.)
L. Chude-Sokei
170.
Individual Authors.
170A.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
S
Close study of Chaucer's poetry, with some attention to relevant
cultural, philosophical, and historical issues in the context of the
late medieval period. Particular emphasis on
The Canterbury Tales.
Satisfies the English and Pre- and Early
Modern Studies Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and
Pre- and Early Modern distribution requirements.
H. Leicester
170B.
Edmund Spenser.
*
Studies in Spenser's major poetry:
Faerie Queene, Book I; Epithalamion; Mutabilitie Cantos.
Satisfies the English and Pre- and Early Modern Studies Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern
distribution requirements.
The Staff
170C.
William Shakespeare.
S
Topic: Shakespeare and film. Satisfies the English and Pre- and
Early Modern Studies Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Pre-
and Early Modern distribution requirement. May be repeated for credit.
M. Hendricks
170D.
John Milton.
*
Selected poetry and prose. Satisfies the English and Pre- and
Early Modern Studies Literature concentrations; also satisfies the
Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern distribution requirements.
M. Hendricks
170F.
Charles Dickens.
W
Study of representative work by Charles Dickens. Satisfies the English and Modern Literary Studies concentrations.
May be repeated for credit.
J. Jordan
170S.
Women Modernists: Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein.
*
Focuses on two innovative modernist writers, Virginia Woolf and
Gertrude Stein, in their artistic, cultural, and historical contexts.
Satisfies the English and Modern Literary Studies concentrations.
T. Miller
170U.
The Lawrence Myth: D.H. and T.E. Lawrence.
F
Considers the writing and mythos of D. H. Lawrence and T. E.
Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) in the culture of Great Britain between
1910 and 1930.
T. Miller
180.
Topics.
180B.
The Gothic Imagination in Fiction, Film, and Theory.
F
Explores how the Gothic imagination constructs nightmare versions
of bourgeois society, revealing cultural anxieties about the family,
sexuality, religion, science, the self; and gender, socioeconomic, and
racial identity. Readings include essays by Freud and Lacan and such
fiction as
The Monk, Frankenstein, Dracula, Maus,
and
Beloved.
Films change each year, but may include
Alien
and
Sweetie.
Satisfies the English, Literature and Film, and Modern Literature concentrations. May be repeated for credit.
H. Moglen
180C.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Poetics of American Capitalism.
*
Through close readings of essays, poems, and critical studies,
examines how the vision of cultural poetics, strong selfhood, and will
to national sublimity of Emerson represents the creative-destructive
dynamics of American capitalism. Manifest destiny, imperial
subjectivity, class, and globalization are issues. Satisfies the
English and Modern Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry
distribution requirement.
The Staff
180H.
Women's Literature.
*
Works by women from the 18th century to the present, with special
attention to the relationship of literature to history, psychology, and
aesthetics. Satisfies the English and Modern Literature concentrations.
The Staff
180J.
Violent Women in 20th Century U.S. Literature and Popular Culture.
S
Examines post-1990 U.S. popular cultural representations of violence by girls and women.
K. Kanagawa
190.
Senior Seminars.
190A.
Individual Authors.
*
Intensive examination of works by individual authors. Satisfies
the English Literature concentration; also satisfies the Senior Seminar
distribution requirement. Prerequisite(s): Literature 101. Enrollment
restricted to senior literature majors. May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
190C.
Studies in 19th-Century British Literature.
*
Study of selected authors or issues in 19th-century British
literature. Satisfies the English and Modern Literature concentrations;
also satisfies the Senior Seminar distribution requirement.
Prerequisite(s): course 101. Enrollment restricted to senior literature
majors. May be repeated for credit.
J. Jordan
190D.
New World Poetics.
S
A study of a number of poets from the United States, Latin
America, and the Caribbean, with particular attention to the ways in
which the New World locale occasions a call to reorder society,
perception, history, and poetic practice. Satisfies the English, and
Modern Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Senior
Seminar distribution requirements. Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
Enrollment restricted to senior literature majors. (General Education
Code(s): E.)
N. Mackey
190E.
Studies in 20th-Century British Literature.
W
Intensive study of selected authors or other issues in
20th-century British literature. Topic: Black Britain. Satisfies the
English and Modern Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Senior
Seminar distribution requirement. Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
Enrollment restricted to senior literature majors.
V. Cooppan
190F.
Studies in U.S. Literature.
F
Intensive examination of issues in U.S. literature. Topic: Regions
and Writers in California. Satisfies the English and Modern Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Senior Seminar distribution
requirement. Prerequisite(s): Literature 101. Enrollment restricted to
senior literature majors. May be repeated for credit.
J. Burton-Carvajal
190G.
Black Pulp Fiction.
*
Investigates the ways black writers in the 20th century have
exploited and transformed genre fiction. Authors include George
Schuyler, Octavia Butler, Samuel Delany, Steven Barnes, Jewelle Taylor
Gomez, Rudolph Fisher, Chester Himes, Barbara Neely, Victor Headley,
and others. Satisfies the English and Modern Literature concentrations;
also satisfies the Senior Seminar distribution requirement.
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101. Enrollment restricted to senior
literature majors. (General Education Code(s): E.)
L. Chude-Sokei
190K.
Studies in Poetry.
W
Topic: classic English religious poetry (lyric and argumentative)
in historical, theological, and experiential contexts. Selected
metaphysical, Enlightenment, Romantic, and early Modern poetic
responses. Satisfies the English and Modern concentrations; also
satisfies the poetry and senior seminar distribution requirements.
Prerequisite(s): literature 101. Enrollment restricted to senior
literature majors.
R. Sherwin
192.
Directed Student Teaching.
F,W,S
Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
195.
Senior Essay.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
203.
Periods and Movements.
*
Examines a particular historical period of literary movement.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
260.
Transnational Literatures.
W
Investigation of English language literature which transcends national boundaries. Topic: Traveling Souths.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
K. Gruesz
270.
Individual Authors.
*
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
280.
Topics in English Language Literature.
F,W
Topics: (F) African American experimental writing; (W) Libertinism and 17th-century English poetry; (S) neoclassical poetry and poetics.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
N. Mackey,
J. Greene, H. Moglen
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with teaching
of undergraduates. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading that does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
French
Literature
Upper-Division Courses
131.
The Middle Ages.
W
Study of 12th- and 13th-century texts, with attention to problems
of history and social change. In modern translations with selected
readings in Old French or Provençal. Topic: L'Orientalisme au 12e s.
Français. Satisfies the French and Pre- and Early Modern Studies
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern
distribution requirement. May be repeated for credit. S. Kinoshita
134.
French Literature Outside France.
S
A study of texts written in French-speaking cultures: Belgium,
Canada, Africa, the Caribbean. Satisfies the French, Modern, and World
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global distribution
requirement. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s):
E.) P. Gaitet
135.
Author and Culture.
*
Designed to provide an in-depth study of a given author's literary
oeuvre and its cultural context. Satisfies the French and Modern
Literature concentrations. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
136.
Introduction to Modernity.
F
Study of 19th- and 20th-century literary innovation and/or
representations of sociohistorical events. Topic: novels by Stendhal,
Balzac, Flaubert. Satisfies the French and Modern Literature
concentrations. May be repeated for credit. R. Terdiman
141.
Studies in Narrative.
*
Satisfies the French literature concentration.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
195.
Senior Essay.
F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
204.
Modern French/Francophone Philosophies of Difference.
*
Examines select modern French/Francophone philosophical and
psychoanalytic discussions of difference in the work of Lacan, Fanon,
Irigaray, Derrida, and Deleuze and their influence on current critical
theory. Texts are studied in French although students may use
translations. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. C. Freccero
230.
Studies in Literary and Cultural History.
F,W,S
In-depth examination of one period of French literature. Topics:
(F) Humanism in the making: animals before/after Descartes; (W) L'Orientalisme au 12e s. Français; (S) the 18th- and 19th-century novel in France.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
C. Freccero
S. Kinoshita,
R. Terdiman
240.
Studies in Literary Genres.
An in-depth examination of one genre of French literature.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the
teaching of undergraduates. Students submit petition to sponsoring
agency. The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading which does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
German
Literature
Upper-Division Courses
102.
Introduction to German Literature.
S
Wide reading of works representing the major authors, periods, and
genres of German literature. Satisfies the German and Modern Literature
concentrations. T. Honnef
120.
Fear of the Foreign: Xenophobia in German Literature and Culture.
F
Considers recent violence against immigrants and asylum-seekers in
Germany, and moves on to examine images of people perceived as
"foreign" or alien in German literature and culture from early times to
the present. Satisfies the German and Modern Literature concentrations.
L. Nygaard
150.
German Romanticism.
*
A study of the emergence and development of German Romanticism.
Central concerns are the Romantics' attitude toward the role of the
imagination in literature and their attempts to revitalize myth and
folklore in their works. Authors read include Tieck, Novalis, Hoffmann,
Eichendorff, and Heine. Satisfies the German and Modern Literature
concentrations. L. Nygaard
159.
German Comedy.
*
A study of a series of comic works by authors writing in German.
In addition to discussing the texts in depth, we also look at theories
of humor and laughter developed by thinkers such as Freud,
Schopenhauer, and Bergson. Satisfies the German and Modern
concentrations. Offered in alternate academic years. L. Nygaard
164.
Modern German Fiction.
W
Selected readings from the novel and novella in 20th-century
German literature. Satisfies the German and Modern Literature
concentrations. T. Honnef
195.
Senior Essay.
F,W,S
Prerequisite: Literature 101.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the
teaching of undergraduates. Students submit petition to sponsoring
agency. The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading that does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
Greek
Literature
Upper-Division Courses
100.
Introduction to Greek Literature.
S
Satisfies the Greek and Pre- and Early Modern Studies Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern distribution
requirement. May be repeated for credit. T. Walsh
102.
Greek Poetry.
F
Topic: individual and communal lyric poetry. Songs by Sappho,
Archilochos, Simonides, Pindar, and Sophocles will be studied, with
particular focus on performance, social role, translation, and
influence. Satisfies the Greek and Pre- and Early Modern Studies
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early
Modern distribution requirements. May be repeated for credit. M. Gamel
103.
Greek Drama.
W
Topic: Sophocles' Antigone. Satisfies the Greek and Pre-
and Early Modern Studies Literature concentrations; also satisfies the
Pre- and Early Modern Studies distribution requirement. May be repeated
for credit. D. Selden
104.
Prose Authors.
*
Satisfies the Greek and Pre- and Early Modern Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern distribution
requirement. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
193.
Field Study.
F,W,S
Provides for an individual program of study sponsored by a faculty
member and carried on off campus. May be taken concurrently or
consecutively for up to three courses of credit. Designed for
upper-division students, with proposal supported by a faculty member
willing to supervise, and approval of the chair of the Literature
Department. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff
195.
Senior Thesis.
F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the teaching of undergraduates.
The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading that does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
Italian
Literature
Upper-Division Courses
102.
Introduction to Italian Literature.
F
A close reading of a small number of texts (lyric, dramatic,
narrative) representing the major authors and periods of Italian
literature, with intensive practice in spoken and written Italian.
Satisfies the Italian and Modern Literature concentrations. M. Brose
130.
Author and Contexts.
Designed to give an in-depth study of a given author's literary production and its cultural context.
The Staff
130D.
Dante's
Divine Comedy. W
Reading of the
Inferno, the Purgatorio and selected canti of the Paradiso,
along with selections from Dante's lyrics and from medieval Italian and
French poetry. Satisfies the Italian and Pre- and Early Modern Studies
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early
Modern distribution requirements. M. Brose
150.
Studies in Italian Theater.
150C.
ltalian Theater.
S
Survey of Italian theater from its beginnings in medieval ritual
through the development of Renaissance staged comedy and the commedia
dell'arte, pastoral and tragicomedy, opera, melodrama, and 20th-century
avant-garde and political theater. Satisfies the Italian and Pre- and
Early Modern Studies concentrations; also satisfies the Pre- and Early
Modern Studies distribution requirement. Intended for students
proficient in Italian. D. Shemek
160.
Studies in the Italian Novel.
*
A study of the development of the novel in Italy with attention to the cultural context.
The Staff
165.
Studies in Italian Literature and Culture.
*
In-depth examination of a topic in Italian literary and cultural
studies. Satisfies the Italian and Modern Literary Studies
concentrations. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
195.
Senior Thesis.
F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the
teaching of undergraduates. Students submit petition to sponsoring
agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for
credit. The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading that does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
Latin
Literature
Upper-Division Courses
100.
Introduction to Latin Literature.
S
Satisfies the Latin and Pre- and Early Modern Studies Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern distribution
requirements. May be repeated for credit. H. Blood
102.
Roman Poetry.
*
Satisfies the Latin and Pre- and Early Modern Studies Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern
distribution requirements. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
103.
Prose Authors.
*
Satisfies the Latin and Pre-
and Early Modern Studies Literature concentrations; also satisfies the
Pre- and Early Modern distribution requirement. May be repeated for
credit.
The Staff
104.
Special Topics in Latin Literature.
F,W,S
Topic: (F) Catullus and Horace; (W) Cicero and Pliny; (S) Plautus'
Amphitruo.
Satisfies the Latin and Pre- and Early Modern Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern
distribution requirements. May be repeated for credit.
(F, W) M.A. Mercado, M. Gamel
193.
Field Study.
F,W,S
Provides for an individual program of study sponsored by a faculty
member and carried on off campus. May be taken concurrently or
consecutively for up to three courses of credit. Designed for
upper-division students, with proposal supported by a faculty member
willing to supervise, and approval of the chair of the Literature
Department. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff
195.
Senior Thesis.
F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the teaching of undergraduates.
The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading that does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
Modern Literary Studies
Upper-Division Courses
102.
Topics in Literary Theory.
102A.
Literature and Theory.
*
Introduction to major issues in contemporary theory, including
psychoanalytic, semiotic, structuralist, post-structuralist, Marxist,
feminist, and culture studies. Emphasis is on key concepts and issues
rather than historical background. Satisfies
the Critical Theory and Modern Literature concentrations.
The Staff
125.
Modern Cinema.
125D.
Cinema and Social Change in Latin America.
S
Surveys selected Latin American and Latino feature and documentary
films from 1950 to the present. Topics include gender, sexuality, race
and (trans)national identity, revolution, repression and resistance;
migration, exile, and return. Satisfies the Literature and Film, Modern,
and World Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global Distribution requirement.
(General Education Code(s): E.)
J. Burton-Carvajal
125L.
Films on the Border.
*
Surveys a range of cinematic representations of the U.S.-Mexico
border region from Hollywood, independent, Chicano/Latino, Mexican, and
local sources. Studies the border in both concrete and symbolic
registers. Satisfies the Literature and Film, Modern Literary Studies,
and World Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global
distribution requirement. (General Education Code(s): E.) J. Burton-Carvajal
144.
Modern Jewish Cultures.
Modernity transformed Jewish culture: we will explore the ways in
which changed social, political, and economic conditions produced new
gender roles; professional, personal, communal, and cultural
experiences; and generated powerful fictions, autobiographies, films
and poems. Among the writers we will read are Isaac Bashevis Singer,
Rebecca Goldstein, Saul Bellow, Martin Buber, Hannah Arendt, and S.Y.
Agnon.
144A.
Jewish Diaspora, Ethnicity, and Urban Life.
*
Focuses on modern Jewish diaspora, ethnicity, and urban life. Satisfies the Modern Literature concentration.
(General Education Code(s): E.)
The Staff
144B.
Modernity as Jewish Challenge and Catastrophe: The American Experience.
*
Examines modernity as Jewish challenge and catastrophe, and
focuses on the American experience. Satisfies the American, English,
and Modern Literature concentrations. (General Education Code(s): E.) B. Thompson
144D.
Jewish Writers and the American City.
*
An examination of some major Jewish writers and their responses to
the American city. Major writers: Henry Roth, Saul Bellow, Bernard
Malamud, J. Kaplan, Philip Roth. A look at Yiddish and other minority
writers, and including sociological and historical materials on the
American city. Satisfies the English and Modern concentrations.
(General Education Code(s): E.) B. Thompson
144H.
Jewish Writers and the European City.
S
Interrogates the master narrative of a specific European city and
discusses the ways in which Jewish life and Jewish actions helped to
shape that story and were shaped by it. Topic: London. Satisfies the
Modern Literary Studies concentration. May be repeated for credit. M. Baumgarten
144J.
Jewish Travel Narratives.
*
Exploration of the idea of the Diaspora as a "moving" condition,
and of the mutli-dimensional character of global Jewish culture,
covering authors who traveled across the Jewish world from medieval
times to the present. Satisfies the Modern Literary studies and Pre-
and Early Modern Studies Literature concentration; also satisfies the
Pre- and Early Modern distribution requirement. M. Baumgarten
144K.
The Transnational Subject.
F
Examines how alternative subjectivities are adopted in narratives
structured around hidden national identities. Topic: Jewish-Russian
literature. Readings focus on writers who have entered the canon of
20th-century Russian literature through this process, and on the
historical background necessary for understanding it. Satisfies the
Modern Literary Studies and World Literature concentrations; also
satisfies the Global distribution requirement. W. Nickell
145.
Special Topics in Modern Literature.
145A.
Modern Poetry.
*
A survey of modern poetry across cultures; includes a variety of
poetic forms. Satisfies the Modern Literature concentration; also
satisfies the Poetry distribution requirement. R. Halpern
145B.
Modern Literature.
*
Study of 19th- and/or 20th-century literature, with attention to
its literary and historical context. Satisfies the Modern Literary
Studies concentration. May be repeated for credit. W. Godzich
145C.
Modern Fiction and Poetry.
*
Survey of experimental fiction and poetry. In addition to reading
literary texts, course considers literary theories of reading and
writing. Satisfies the Modern Literature concentration; also satisfies
the Poetry distribution requirement. The Staff
145D.
Introduction to Music Drama.
F
Introduction to opera from Mozart to Berg. Close analysis of text
setting, musical form, dramaturgy, and performance (singing/acting),
with particular attention to politics, gender, subject-formation, and
opera's constitutive role in the rise, as well as critique, of modern
bourgeois culture. No previous training in music theory required,
although some affinity for classical music desirable. Satisfies the
Modern Literature concentration. D. Selden
145F.
Animal Studies in Literature.
S
Examines the disruptive presences of nonhuman animals and
nonanimal aliens as they appear in a variety of narrative forms: prose
fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Organized around central themes
relating to the presence of animals in literature, including
representation, difference, desire, and subjectivity. Satisfies the
Modern Literature concentration. N. Hansen
155.
Russian Literature in Translation.
155A.
Nineteenth-Century Russian Fiction in Translation.
W
Masterpieces of poetry and prose from the Golden Age of Russian
literature, from Pushkin to Chekhov. Satisfies the Modern and World
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global distribution
requirement. W. Nickell
155B.
Russian Literature in Revolution.
*
Survey of 20th-century Soviet literature, from the revolution to
the death of Stalin. Readings include modernist and avant-garde texts
of the 1920s and socialist realism. Satisfies the Modern and World
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global distribution
requirement. (Formerly Soviet Literature.) W. Nickell
155E.
Classic Russian Novels.
S
Detailed literary analysis of novels by Gogol, Goncharov, Tolstoy,
Dostoevsky, and Pasternak. Focus upon aesthetic devices of texts, as
well as upon ethical and philosophical issues that inform them.
Satisfies the Modern and World Literature concentrations; also
satisfies the Global distribution requirement. W. Nickell
155I.
The Literatures of Russian and African-American Soul.
*
Views the literatures of slavery and emancipation in relation to
cultural paradigms of soul, virtue, and "élan vital," with particular
attention to the ways that Russian peasant and African-American
cultures have been mined as sources of purity and vitality. W. Nickell
160.
French Literature in Translation.
160G.
Narratives of Girlhood.
W
The study of narratives (fiction and memoir) representing
developments of female characters from childhood to adolescence, with
particular attention paid to modes of narration, relation of the self
to social context, representation of authority, and familial
interactions. Satisfies the Modern Literature concentration. P. Gaitet
167.
German Authors in Translation.
167G.
Goethe's
Faust . *
An intensive study of Goethe's
Faust, Parts I and II. All works are read in English. Satisfies
the Modern Literature concentration; also satisfies the Poetry
distribution requirement. L. Nygaard
168.
German Literature in Translation.
168C.
Modern German Fiction.
F
Selected readings from the novel and novella in 20th-century
German literature. All works are read in English. Satisfies the Modern
Literature concentration. T. Honnef
168D.
Germany in War and Peace.
W
Study of selected texts reflecting German society at war or in
that ambiguous state called "peace." Attention is given to the place of
literature in German cultural life and its special role in the
formation of national identity. Satisfies the Modern Literature
concentration. L. Nygaard
170.
Modern Italian Literature in Translation.
Readings in Italian literature and culture ranging from
Romanticism to the post-modern. Emphasis on Italy's relation to
modernity in terms of artistic innovation; politics and social life;
family and gender relations; regional, national, and international
identities. Topics vary from year to year. The Staff
170B.
Modern Italian Novel.
*
Surveys Italian novels of the 19th and 20th centuries. Satisfies the Modern Literature concentration.
D. Shemek
180.
Latin American Literature in Translation.
180B.
The New Latin American Novel.
F
Examination of contemporary narrative from Latin America.
Satisfies the Modern and World Literature concentrations; also
satisfies the Global distribution requirement. (Formerly The New Latin American Novel and Social Movements
.)
(General Education Code(s): E.)
M. Morton
187. Modern Literature
187D.
The Man without Qualities
(2 credits).
F
A close reading of the English translation of Robert Musil's 1200-page unfinished novel The Man without Qualities as well as some of the 650 pages of the Nachlass (posthumous papers).
Enrollment restricted to literature majors.
Enrollment limited to 18.
W. Godzich
190.
Senior Seminar.
Seminar offered to literature majors as a way to satisfy the
senior exit requirement. Offered at different times by different
instructors, focus is on topics of interest in modern literary studies.
All students are required to complete an essay of significant length as
part of the seminar course work. Prerequisite: Literature 101. May be
repeated for credit. The Staff
190N.
Topics in Modern Literary Studies.
F,W,S
Selected authors or issues in modern literary and cultural
studies. Topics: (F) texts and bodies; (W) aesthetics; (S) narrative theory.
Satisfies the Modern Literature concentration; also satisfies the Senior Seminar
distribution requirement. Enrollment restricted to senior literature majors.
May be repeated for credit.
H. Leicester, W. Godzich,
P. Gaitet,
J. Jordan
192.
Directed Student Teaching.
F,W,S
Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision. (See course 42.)
The Staff
195.
Senior Essay.
F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
221.
Women Modernists.
S
The study of selected experimental texts by early 20th-century British and American
women writers. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
T. Miller
231.
Studies in Literary and Cultural History.
W,S
Topics: (W) landscape and ideology; (S) global Jewish writing; 18th- and 19th-century novel in France.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
L. Nygaard,
M. Baumgarten,
R. Terdiman
270.
Narrative Theory.
F
A survey of 20th-century narratology, emphasizing structuralist
and poststructuralist theories of narrative. Topic: detective fiction.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
J. Jordan
280.
Topics in Theory.
W
Explores issues arising in both the modern practice of criticism
and in writings on the theory of criticism. Topic: Latin/o American
critical theory in/of globalization. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. J. Poblete
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the
teaching of undergraduates. Students submit petition to sponsoring
agency. The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading that does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduates students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
Pre- and Early Modern Literature
Upper-Division Courses
102.
Ancient Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
*
Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern and
World Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global and Pre- and
Early Modern distribution requirements. Prerequisite(s): Greek
Literature 100 or Latin Literature 100 or Literature 80A or permission
of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
103.
Lyric Traditions in Comparative Perspective.
F
Close reading of Greek and Roman lyric poems, including major
works by Sappho, Catullus, Pindar, and Horace. Special attention to
poetics and aesthetics; to social, political, and economic contexts; to
the influence of Greek and Roman lyric on later literatures; and to
independent parallels seen in "lyric" forms from non-Western cultures.
Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Studies concentration; also
satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern Studies distribution
requirements. (Formerly Latin Literature: Narrative and Lyric Traditions.)
T Walsh
107A.
Reading Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Part 1.
*
Introduction to Egyptian hieroglyphs as a graphic, conceptual, and
communicative system. Covers the basic elements of classical Egyptian
grammar, drawing primarily on inscriptions from extant Egyptian
monuments. Students read one prose and one poetical text from the
Middle Kingdom. Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Studies and World
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global and Pre- and Early
Modern distribution requirements. Strongly recommended: two years
previous study of a foreign language at the college level or the
equivalent. D. Selden
107B.
Reading Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Part 2.
*
Advanced Middle Egyptian grammar (2 weeks). Close reading of the
Tale of Sinuhe in Egyptian, selected hymns and love poetry from
the New Kingdom. Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Studies and World
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global, Pre- and Early
Modern, and Poetry distribution requirements. Together, Egyptian Hieroglyphs 1 and 2 fulfill the language requirements for the intensive major. Prerequisite(s): course 107A or permission of instructor.
D. Selden
111.
Monsters, Barbarians, and Women: Topics in Ancient Ethnography.
*
Focus is on the construction of race and gender in ancient Greek
culture. Literary, historical, philosophical, dramatic, and medical
texts (Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Euripides, Hippocrates, Plato,
Aristotle) as well as visual media (vase painting, sculpture) are
studied.
The Staff
115.
The Heroic Epic.
*
A survey and analysis of "primary" epic:
Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Exodus.
Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Literature concentration; also
satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern distribution
requirements. T. Walsh
134.
The Idea of Poetry.
F
Focus is on the theories of rhetoric and poetry written between
1580 and 1620. Texts include English, Italian, French, and Spanish
works. Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Studies concentration; also
satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern Studies distribution
requirements. Enrollment limited to 40.
W. Jones
140.
Satire.
*
An introduction to satire as both an individual genre with a
unique literary history, and as a discursive technique present in other
literary genres. Students will investigate a range of satiric works
from the classical, early modern, and modern periods.
The Staff
143.
Greek Drama/Modern Film.
*
A reading of ancient Greek plays along with contemporary films
similar to them in theme, form, and effect. Students discuss different
definitions of tragedy; genre as a critcal tool; and similarities and
difference between the media of literature, drama, and film. Satisfies
the Literature and FIlm and Pre- and Early Modern concentrations; also
satisfies the Pre- and early Modern distribution requirement. M. Gamel
144.
Pre- and Early Modern Jewish Cultures.
144A.
Jewish Mysticism.
*
Overview of literature of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah from
antiquity to the present. Focuses on primary texts including the Bible,
Dead Sea Scrolls, Talmud, Midrash, Medieval/Spanish Kabbalah, Kabbalah
of Safed, Sabbatianism, Hasidism, and contemporary authors. Satisifies
the Pre- and Early Modern Studies and World Literature concentrations;
also satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Studies and Global Literature
distribution requirements. D. Selden
144B.
Hebrew Bible.
*
Introduction to textual, source, redaction, historical, and
literary criticism of individual books of the Hebrew Bible and to
exegesis as science and ideology. Covers texts and iconography of
neighboring mythological traditions (Mesopotamian, Ugaritic, Egyptian,
Greek) when appropriate. Topic: Genesis. Satisfies the Pre-and Early
Modern Studies Literature concentration; also satisfies the Pre- and
Early Modern distribution requirement. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
144D.
Translation, Midrash, Interpretation.
W
Focuses on theory and practice of translation, and on Midrash,
their interrelation and the ways in which they inflect our
understanding of literary and cultural interpretation. Satisfies the
Pre- and Early Modern Studies concentration; also satisfies the Pre-
and Early Modern Studies distribution requirement.
The Staff
183.
Dante's
Divine Comedy. W
Reading of the
Inferno, the Purgatorio, and selected canti of the Paradiso,
along with selections from Dante's lyrics and from medieval Italian and
French poetry. Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Literature
concentration; also satisfies the Poetry and Pre- and Early Modern
distribution requirements. M. Brose
190.
Senior Seminar.
Seminar offered to literature majors as a way to satisfy the
senior exit requirement. Offered at different times by different
instructors, focus is on topics of interest in pre- and early modern
studies. All students are required to complete an essay of significant
length as part of the seminar course work. Prerequisite: Literature
101. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
190P.
Topics in Pre- and Early Modern Studies.
W
Examination of individual authors or critical problems in ancient,
medieval, or early modern/Renaissance literature. Topics: poetics,
ancient and modern. Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Literature
concentration; also satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern and Senior
Seminar distribution requirements. Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
Enrollment restricted to senior literature majors. May be repeated for
credit. T. Walsh
192.
Directed Student Teaching.
F,W,S
Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision. (See course 42.)
The Staff
195.
Senior Essay.
F,W,S
Prerequisite(s): Literature 101.
The Staff
198.
Group Tutorial.
F,W,S
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
The Staff
Graduate Courses
201.
Studies in Antiquity.
*
An in-depth study of a topic in Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquity.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
204.
Studies in Early Modernity.
F,S
In-depth examination of a topic in Early Modern Studies. Topics:
(F) Humanism in the making: animals before/after Descartes; (S) Epistolarity.
Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
C. Freccero, D. Shemek
294.
Teaching-Related Independent Study.
F,W,S
Directed graduate research and writing coordinated with the
teaching of undergraduates. Students submit petition to sponsoring
agency. The Staff
295.
Directed Reading.
F,W,S
Directed reading that does not involve a term paper. Students
submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate
students. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
296.
Special Student Seminar.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
297.
Independent Study.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
299.
Thesis Research.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
Russian Literature
Upper-Division Courses
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
Spanish/Latin Amer/Latino Literature
Lower-Division Courses
60.
Introduction to Literary Genres.
S
The study of poetry, drama, and prose in Spain and Latin America.
(General Education Code(s): IH, E.)
N. Silleras-Fernandez
Upper-Division Courses
100.
Introduction to Spanish Literature.
100C.
Medieval Spanish Literature.
*
Focuses on Spanish medieval literature, broadly covering the 12th
to the 15th centuries. Examines and contextualizes literary genres
developed in this period. Satisfies the Pre- and Early Modern Studies
and Spanish Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Pre- and
Early Modern distribution requirement.
The Staff
102.
Introduction to Hispanic American Literature.
102A.
From the Conquest to Sor Juana.
S
A study of Hispanic American literature from the chronicles of the
conquest through the 17th century. Readings deal with transformations
in both the idea of empire and the rights of the conquered. Includes
the works of Colón, Cortés, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Sor Juana
Inés de la Cruz, and others. Satisfies the Global, Pre- and Early
Modern Studies and Spanish Literature concentrations; also satisfies
the Global and Pre- and Early Modern distribution requirements. N. Klahn
102B.
Romanticism to Modernism.
W
Follows the literary manifestations of the growing consciousness
of the Latin American writer: discovery of native themes, imitation of
European models, search for a "new language" literally and
figuratively. Relates historical events with literary movements.
Satisfies the Modern, Spanish, and World Literature concentrations;
also satisfies the Global distribution requirement. (General Education
Code(s): E.) L. Martínez-Echazábal
130.
Studies in Latin American Literary Genres.
130F.
U.S. Latino/a Writing in Spanish/English and Spanglish.
*
Spanish-based, English/bilingual inclusive overview of Latino/a
writing in the U.S. Concepts of ethnic role model and antimodel
analyzed by paying attention to figures of "bandidos," "assimilating
minority," "dysfunctional youth," i.e., "gang member," etc. Satisfies
the Modern, Spanish, and World Literature concentrations; also
satisfies the Global distribution requirement. (General Education
Code(s): E.) J. Poblete
131.
National Literatures of Latin America.
A study of the literary expression of a particular Latin American
country or region, with texts representing a variety of authors,
periods, and genres. The Staff
131A.
Mexico.
*
Satisfies the Modern, Spanish, and World Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global distribution requirement.
(General Education Code(s): E.)
N. Klahn
134.
Special Topics in Latin American Literature.
134H.
African-Latin American Literature.
*
By reading sociological, historical, and political writings
dealing with race mixture, race relations and cultural/national
identity in Latin America, delves into the ideology of Mestizaje, particularly African-Spanish and
African-Portuguese, and its representation in visual and literary
texts. Satisfies the Modern Literary Studies, Spanish, and World
Literature concentrations; also satisfies the Global distribution
requirement. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): E.) L. Martínez-Echazábal
134L.
Historia de la lectura y los lectores: Recepción y consumo cultural en el mundo L. Americano.
F
Explores historical readers and reading practices in at least
three different formations: colonial, national-popular, and
transnational. Proposes a historical-theoretical reconstruction of the
place of reading and readers at key moments in the history of culture
in Latin America. Satisfies the Modern, Spanish, and World Literature
concentrations; also satisfies the Global distribution requirement.
(General Education Code(s): E.) J. Poblete
135.
Latin American Cinema.
135A.
Mexico through the Movies.
F
Traces commercial and alternative filmmaking in Mexico from its
origins to the present through the works of major directors (e.g. Luis
Buñel, Emilio Fernández), with particular emphasis on the historical
and actual function of film in Mexican culture. Topic: El otro cine de
Mexico. Course satisfies the Literature and Film, Modern, Spanish/Latin
American/Latino, and World Literature concentrations, and the Global
distribution requirement. (Formerly course 134J |
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