I. Two courses from each of the three categories below (A, B, and C), for a total of six courses.
II. At least three of the total shall be upper division courses.
No more than two of the total may overlap with the student's primary major. These courses shall be chosen as follows:
A. Two courses in the literature of a language other than English
All materials in these courses must be in the original language. These courses include the following:
- In the Department of Classical Studies:
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
GREK-2302 | Readings in Classical Greek Literature |
GREK-2303 | Readings in the New Testament |
GREK-3301 | Homer and the Greek Epic |
GREK-3302 | Attic Prose |
GREK-3303 | Greek Drama |
GREK-3404 | Greek Historians |
LATN-3302 | Virgil and Latin Epic |
LATN-3403 | Latin Prose to 43 B.C. |
LATN-3304 | Lyric and Elegiac Poets |
LATN-3305 | Latin Prose from 43 B.C. |
LATN-3306 | Comedy and Satire |
- In the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures:
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
CHIN-3312 | Chinese Cinema: A Historical and Cultural Perspective |
CHIN-4321 | Readings in Modern Chinese Literature |
CHIN-4351 | Classical Chinese |
FREN-3305 | Introduction to French Literature I |
FREN-3306 | Introduction to French Literature II |
FREN-4303 | Topics in French Literature of the Seventeenth Century |
FREN-4304 | Topics in French Literature of the Eighteenth Century |
FREN-4305 | Topics in French Literature of the Nineteenth Century |
FREN-4306 | Topics in French Literature of the Twentieth Century |
FREN-4307 | French Cinema |
GERM-3305 | Introduction to German Literature and Culture I |
GERM-3306 | Introduction to German Literature and Culture II |
GERM-4301 | Genre Studies in German Literature |
GERM-4310 | Seminar in German Literature |
RUSS-3305 | Introduction to Russian Literature I |
RUSS-3306 | Introduction to Russian Literature II |
RUSS-4301 | Genre Studies in Russian Literature |
RUSS-4310 | Seminar in Russian Literature |
SPAN-3321 | Spanish Cinema |
SPAN-3322 | Spanish American Cinema |
SPAN-3331 | Introduction to Spanish Literature Since 1700 |
SPAN-3332 | Introduction to Spanish American Literature |
SPAN-4331 | Medieval Spanish Literature |
SPAN-4332 | Spanish Golden Age Literature |
SPAN-4333 | Don Quijote |
SPAN-4334 | Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature |
SPAN-4335 | Hispanic Modernism |
SPAN-4336 | Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature |
SPAN-4338 | Spanish Women Writers |
SPAN-4342 | Spanish American Lit before Modernism |
SPAN-4343 | Twentieth-Century Spanish American Poetry |
SPAN-4344 | Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel |
SPAN-4345 | Twentieth-Century Spanish American Short Story |
SPAN-4346 | Twentieth-Century Spanish American Drama |
SPAN-4347 | National and Regional Literature of Spanish America |
SPAN-4348 | Spanish American Women Writers |
SPAN-4349 | Sexualities in Literature and Film |
B. Two literature courses in a language other than that chosen for A
These may include courses listed above for A, literature and film courses in translation offered in the Department of Classical Studies and in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, German Studies courses listed as “GRST,” courses in American or British literature offered in the Department of English, and the course in American drama offered in the Department of Human Communication and Theatre. These may also include the following courses offered in the Department of Religion: RELI-3351—Narratives in the Hebrew Bible, and RELI-3352—Poetry in the Hebrew Bible.
C. CMLT 1300, and one additional course to be chosen from the following list of courses with strong comparative components
Course ID | Course Title |
---|---|
ARTH-2301 | International Cinema (also listed as COMM-2301, FILM-2301, and ML&L-2301) |
CLAS-1305 | Classical Mythology |
CLAS-1307 | Gender and Identity in the Ancient World |
CLAS-1314 | The Art of Losing |
CLAS-1315 | Afterlives of Antiquity: Underworlds in The Western Tradition |
CLAS-3302 | Greek and Roman Epic |
CLAS-3310 | Antiquity and Diversity in Contemporary Literature |
CLAS-3377 | Reimagining Tragedy (also listed as THTR-3377) |
CLAS-3403 | Greek and Roman Drama (also listed as THTR-3335) |
CLAS-3404 | The Ancient Romance Novel |
CLAS-3405 | Antiquity and Modernity |
CLAS-3409 | Epic Journeys |
COMM-2301 | International Cinema (also listed as ARTH-2301, FILM-2301 and ML&L-2301) |
CMLT-1300 | Introduction to Comparative Literature (REQUIRED) |
CMLT-2350 | Science Fiction and the Environment |
CMLT-3409 | Epic Journeys (also listed as CLAS-3409) |
ENGL-2305 | World Literature |
ENGL-3429 | Jewish Literature |
ENGL-3359 | Medieval Literature |
ENGL-3375 | Postmodern Literature |
ENGL-3385 | The Continental Novel |
ENGL-4427 | Literature of the Holocaust |
FILM-2301 | International Cinema (also listed as ARTH-2301, COMM-2301, and ML&L-2301) |
GRST-3311 | Fairy Tales |
ML&L-2301 | International Cinema (also listed as ARTH-2301, COMM-2301, and FILM-2301) |
PHI-2425 | Existentialism |
PHIL-3460 | Philosophy of Literature |
PLSI-1332 | Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World |
RELI-3455 | Early Christian Literature Beyond the Canon |
THTR-3335 | Greek and Roman Drama |
THTR-3336 | Modern Drama |
THTR-3337 | Contemporary Drama |
THTR-3377 | Reimagining Tragedy (also listed as CLAS-3377) |
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