Fall 2016

A broad introduction to the great works of Western culture from antiquity to 1800.

A comparative study of the Asian aesthetic heritage of poetry, painting, music, and drama; of literary themes, trends, and myths.

Introduction to general forms of reflection on literary discourse.

Cinema from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam in local and global cultural contexts.

Survey of major texts in the literary criticism of the West from the Greeks to postmodern theories.

Analysis of European texts -- literary, musical, philosophical, visual -- that focus on other cultures, as well as of non-European texts dealing with Europe or European cultural forms.

Exploration of multilingual encounters in literary works, films, and theoretical texts. Topics may include immigrant languages, dialects, jargons, imaginary or hybrid languages, theories of translation.

Examination of the modern realist novel with special focus on the representation of social change (revolution, class conflict, sexual politics).

A comparative study of Dada and Surrealism in literature in relation to painting, sculpture, photography and cinema.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of an honors thesis under individual faculty supervision.

Literary and cultural currents from classical antiquity through modernity. Varying focus on specific genres, periods, movements, or problematics.

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within college disciplines. Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife College.

Topics focusing on social and political thought, psychoanalysis, and philosophy in relation to literary and cultural analysis.