Comparative Literature courses embrace the ancient and modern periods of world literature, theoretical and historical issues, and problems of representation in the broadest sense. Students taking a degree in comparative literature follow a program of courses corresponding to their professional interests. Flexibility of choice is provided by a broad spectrum of offerings available in neighboring departments. When arranging the course of study, the student consults with the Chair of the Department or the Director of Graduate Studies.

Fall 2008
Courses Originating in Comparative Literature
Cross Listed Courses Originating in Other Departments

Spring 2008
Courses Originating in Comparative Literature
Cross Listed Courses Originating in Other Departments

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Fall 2008: Courses Originating in Comp Lit

Seminar in Literature: Research Methods and Techniques: Untranslatables
Apter
Thurs 1:00-3:00, 4 pts.
G29.1400
description

Topics in Carib Lit: sycoraX aesthetics
Brathwaite
Tues 6:20-9:00, 4 pts.
G29.2650; G11.2651 G41.1764.001

Literature, History and Politics: Reading the Global South:
Culture, Imperialism & Uneven Development
Dopico
Wed 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G29.2150, G95.2150
description

Topics in 19th Century Culture: the Concept of Security
Hamilton
Tues 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G29.2700, G51.2601, G65.2701, G40.2002
description
(despite rubric, satisfies CL pre-1800 requirement)

European Epic
Javitch
Thurs 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G29.2811, G59.2811, G41.2958
description
PhD students only

Topics in Early Modern Written Culture: Descartes in History
Reiss
Oct. 16 - Nov. 4: Tues/Thurs: 9:30-12:15
(public lecture: evening of Oct. 15)
G29.2155, G45.2155, G57.2121, G83.2320.002
description

Studies in Prose Genres: The Persistence of Realism
Ross
Wed 12:30-3:15, 4 pts.
G29.2300, G41.2062
description

Topics in African Literature: South African Literature:
Matrices of Comparison
Sanders
Mon 2:00-4:45, 4 pts.
G29.3630, G11.3213, G65.3630
description

Fall 2008 Cross Listed Courses

The Seventies Forever: Radical Literature
Apter
Wed 11:50-1:50, 4 pts.
G45.2790, G29.2796
description
(Originates in French)

Images/War & Violence in the Age of Modernism
Bronfen
Fri 2:00-5:00, 4 pts.
G51.1824, G29.1824
(Originates in German)

Francophone Routes of Post-Colonial
Dash
Tues 11:30-1:30, 4 pts.
G45.1990.002, G29.1990.001
(Originates in French)

Sacrifice, Culture and Gender: From Isaac & Iphigenia to Contemporary Sacrificial Narratives
Feldman
Tues 2:00-4:45, 4 pts.
G78.3992, G29.3992
(Originates in Hebrew & Judaic Studies)

Problems of Abstraction: Image and Ambiguity
Iampolski
Wed 6:20-8:20, 4 pts.
G29.2111, G91.2109
(Originates in Russian)

Theory Psychoanalysis: Object Relations/Melanie Klein
Rickels
Thurs 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G51.1110, G29.1110
Visiting Professor from UC Santa Barbara
(Originates in German)

Medieval Narrative Contemporary Approaches
Vitz
Wed 2:00-4:00, 4 pts.
G45.2290, G29.2290
(Originates in French)

Spring 2008: Courses Originating in Comp Lit

Topics in Caribbean Literature: SYCORAX and MR
Brathwaite
Tues 6:20-9:00, 4 pts.
G29.2651, G11.2651, G41.1764.001

The Nature of Tragedy
Chioles
Mon 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G29.2821; G65.2821

Secular History, Repetition, and the Intellectual
Dopico
Wed 6:20-8:20, 4 pts.
G29.3610.002, G95.3610

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature: On German Music and Letters
Hamilton
Tues 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G29.2600, G51.2600
description

Special Topics in Theory: Fetishism & Visuality
Lezra
Wed 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G29.2610.001, G95.2610
description

Continuation of:
Toward Rethinking the Renaissance: Metaphor, Creation, and Subversion
Reiss
April 7-18 Mon/Thurs 11-1:45 (public lecture: evening of April 17); 4 pts
G29.2155, G45.2155, G57.2154, G95.2966.002
description
Four credits will accrue over two semesters, with students registering in the fall and receiving grades at the completion of the spring session.
Important note: Only students registered for the fall session of this course can continue in this spring session.

Contemporary Critical Theories: Rancičre and the Post-Althusserians
Ross
Tues 12:30-3:15, 4 pts.
G29.1560, G45.1560
description
Permission of the Instructor Required

Theory of the Novel: Narrative Ontologies
Ruttenburg
Thurs 12:30-3:15, 4 pts
G29.2300.001, G41.2957
Primarily for PhD candidates: permission of instructor required for MA candidates.

Literary Theory: Subjectivity and Resistance:
Lu Xun and Motifs of Non-Western Modernism
Zhang
Wed 12:30-3:15, 4 pts.
G29.3610, G33.3610, G65.3610
description

Spring 2008 Cross Listed Courses

Special Studies in Literary Movements: Hegel, Kojčve & the End of History
Groys
Thurs 6:20-8:20
G91.2106-001; G29.2106
description

The Bildungsroman in Russia and the West
Kliger
Wed 6:20-8:20
G91.1006, G29.1006
(Originates in Russian & Slavic Studies; Taught in English)

Exemplary Texts: Poetry & Experience
Ronell
Thurs 3:30-6:10, 4 pts.
G29.1111, G51.1111
(Originates in German; Taught in English)

Studies in Early Modern Culture: Theories & Practices of Early Modern Translation
Tylus
Thurs 2:30-5:10, 4 pts.
G59.3080; G29.3080