Course Descriptions
Comparative Literature
(COML)
221. World Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Representative works in translation of major authors and texts from various cultures to A.D. 1500, including such authors as Homer, biblical writers, Greek dramatists, Sappho, Virgil, Marie de France, Dante, Lao Tzu and works like Gilgamesh and La Bhagavad Gita. Prerequisite: ENGL 104. Cross-listed with ENGL 221 and MODL 221.
222. World Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Representative works in translation of major authors from A.D. 1500 to the present from various cultures, including such authors as Cervantes, Moliere, Goethe, Tolstoy, Mahfouz, Munif, Achebe, Tolstaya, Vargas Llosa and Duras. Prerequisite: ENGL 104. Cross-listed with ENGL 222 and MODL 222.
308. History of Literary Criticism. (3-0). Credit 3.
History of literary thought from antiquity to the present, including writers such as Plato, Aristotle, "Longinus," Sidney, Shelley and Dryden; analysis of genres such as tragedy, lyric and film; critical approaches such as new criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, feminism, new historicism and film studies. Prerequisites: 3 credits of literature at 200-level or above; junior or senior classification. Cross-listed with ENGL 308.
401. Critical Theory and Practice. (3-0). Credit 3.
Contemporary literary theory and critical practice including editing, interpretation, criticism and historical research through the study of major theories and their application. Prerequisites: 3 credits of literature at 300-level or above; junior or senior classification. Cross-listed with ENGL 401.
489. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified area of comparative languages and literature. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Approval of program coordinator; junior or senior classification.