MAJOR REQUIREMENTS – 45 credits
(Minimum grade of “C-“ required in each course)
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
Prerequisites |
| CL1025 |
The World, the Text & the Critic I |
|
| CL1050 |
The World, the Text & the Critic II |
|
CL2085
or CL/GS2006 |
Literary Criticism & Theory
or Contemporary Feminist Theory |
|
CL3020
or CL3035 |
Production, Translation, Creation, Publication
or .Contemporary World Literature |
|
| CL4075 |
Portfolio |
junior standing |
Survey Courses
SELECT Two COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST
NOTE: In selecting Survey and Elective courses, students must take at least one course from each of the three periods – Classical, Medieval & Renaissance
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
Prerequisite |
| *CL3113 |
Ancient Greek Literature (Classical) |
|
| CL2059 |
Tales from Europe |
|
| CL2031 |
American Fiction (1845-1970): Studies in Compassion |
|
| CL/EN2051 |
English Literature before 1800 |
|
| CL/EN2052 |
English Literature since 1800 |
|
| *CL2053 |
The Golden Age in Spain & Europe (Renaissance) |
|
| *CL2054 |
Modern Latin American & Spanish Literature |
|
| *CL2055 |
Saints and Sinners in the Italian Renaissance (Renaissance) |
|
| *CL2056 |
French & American Exchanges in Modern Italian Literature |
|
| CL3035 |
Contemporary World Literature |
|
Electives
Select five courses from the lists below (or from the list above, if not already taken to meet the survey requirement)
Author Focus
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
PREREQUISITES |
| *CL3025 |
Dante & Medieval Culture (Medieval) |
|
| *CL3029 |
Cervantes & Renaissance Comparative Literature (Renaissance) |
|
| *CL3056 |
Dostoevsky: Between Marginality & Madness |
|
| *CL/ES3059 |
Flaubert & Baudelaire: The Birth of Modernity |
|
| *CL3063 |
Kafka & World Literature |
|
| CL3073 |
Ulysses & British Modernism |
|
| *CL3082 |
Proust & Beckett |
|
Theater & Film
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
PREREQUISITES |
| *CL/FR2075 |
Theater in Paris |
FR1200 or above |
| *FR/FM3011 |
Issues in Contemporary French Film & Literature |
FR1300 or above |
| CL/PL3030 |
Philosophy & the Theatre |
|
| CL/DR3038 |
Shakespeare in Context (Renaissance) |
|
| CL/FM3048 |
Shakespeare & Film (Renaissance) |
|
| CL/FM3069 |
The Aesthetics of Crime Fiction |
|
| CL/FM3080 |
Brecht & Film |
|
Genres & Literary Movements
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
PREREQUISITES |
| *FR/CL2094 |
French Fiction Now: traduire le roman français contemporain |
FR2100 or above |
| CL3002 |
Word & Image: Literature & the Visual Arts |
|
| CL3054 |
Gothic, the Literature of Excess |
|
| *CL3061 |
Radical Loneliness: Cultures of German Romanticism |
|
| CL3065 |
Post-War European Literature |
|
| *CL3071 |
20th Century Latin American Writers |
|
| CL3100 |
Writing Poetry: An Introduction & Workshop |
|
Cities, History & Geopolitics
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
PREREQUISITES |
| CL2010 |
Paris Through its Books |
|
| CL/FM3034 |
Paris Reel & Imagined: Perspectives on the City of Lights |
|
| CL/ES3043 |
The Attractions of Paris: Modernist Experiments in Migration |
|
| *CL3051 |
Paris as a Stage for Revolution |
|
Theory & Gender
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
PREREQUISITES |
| CL/GS2006 |
Contemporary Feminist Theory |
|
| FR/LI2060 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
FR2020 or above |
| *FR/CL3036 |
Issues in French Women’s Writing |
FR2035 or above |
| CL3060 |
Literature & the Political Imagination |
|
| CL3075 |
Queens, Fairies and Hags: The Romance of Medieval Gender |
|
| CL3076 |
Modern Sexualities in the Process of Writing |
|
| CL3081 |
Postcolonial Literatures & Theories |
|
| *FR/PY3090 |
Topics in Literature & Psychoanalysis |
FR2020 or above |
Classical Antiquity
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
PREREQUISITES |
| *CL/ES2018 |
Introduction to Ancient Greece & Rome (Classical) |
|
| CL/PL3116 |
Socrates, Sophists, and the Stage |
|
| CL/PL3117 |
Empire and the Individual: From Alexander to Caesar |
|
| CL/PL3118 |
Imperial Rome: Philosophy, Literature, Society |
|
| *CL/PL3017 |
Greek & Roman Key Texts (Classical) |
|
| LT/CL3050 |
Intermediate Latin II (Classical) |
LT2001, or placement |
| GK/CL3070 |
Intermediate Ancient Greek II (Classical) |
GK2005, or placement |
| LT/CL4050 |
Advanced Study in Latin (Classical) |
CL/LT3050, or placement |
| GK/CL4070 |
Advanced Study in Ancient Greek (Classical) |
CL/GK3070, or placement |
Changing Topics
| COURSE NUMBER |
COURSE NAME |
PREREQUISITES |
| CL4090 |
Senior Seminar |
|
| CL4091 |
Interdisciplinary Topics in Literature |
|
| CL4095 |
Senior |
senior standing |
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Prerequisites |
| EN 2020 Writing & Criticism (minimum grade of "C") |
Speaking the World: Writing & Criticism |
EN1010 (minimum grade of "C") |
| FR 1200 (or above) (minimum grade of "C") |
Speaking the World: Elementary French & Culture II |
FR1100 (minimum grade of "C") |
| Courses coded Type GE100 or GE115 |
Comparing Worlds |
|
| Courses coded Type GE110 or GE115 |
Mapping the World |
|
| Courses coded GE110 or GE100 or GE115 |
Comparing Worlds & Mapping the World |
|
| Math courses coded GE120 |
Modeling the World: Math |
|
| Science courses coded GE130 |
Modeling the World: Science |
co- or prerequisite: GE120 math course |
FREE ELECTIVES
Any courses desired – must complete a total of 128 credit hours to graduate.
HONORS
The department offers honors options to particularly motivated students; there is no GPA requirement. Students are nominated to honors by the department on the basis of a portfolio of work. Honors students in Comparative Literature must demonstrate intermediate proficiency in two languages other than English, and must have studied the primary texts for two of the major elective courses in the original (non- English) language, e.g. by taking a CL course with original language option. All honors students write a senior project, which may be an academic thesis or a piece of creative work, of around 40 pages or the equivalent.
*Original Language Option. Students taking courses marked with an asterisk may choose to read the texts in English translation or in the original non-English.
