201. Comparative Literature
Either semester. Three credits. This course may be repeated for credit with a change of topic.
Lectures and discussion sessions devoted to the
study of major literary questions which go beyond national boundaries.
(No foreign language required.)
203. Comparative Studies in Cultural History
Either semester. Three credits. This course may be repeated for credit with a change of topic.
The comparative study of cultural movements in literature and the arts throughout history. The course will explore different areas of cultural practice -- e.g., social, literary, political, aesthetic, anthropological, -- with an eye as to how they are shaped, and in turn shape, dominant institutions and values. Sample topics include: World War I and the emergence of Modernism; European Fascisms; Christian, Jewish, and Muslim culture in Medieval Spain; photography and the Colonial Encounter, etc. May be repeated with change of topic.