Fall 2017

Comparative study of works from a broad range of cultural traditions that originate from, and provide insight into, vital global locations outside the Western sphere.

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.

Study of literary, social and cultural lives of women during the European Middle Ages and Renaissance. Reading and analysis of texts written by and about women.

Examines literature and film as distinct modes of representation, narration, and structuring of time, language, memory, and visuality.

The noir tradition in books and films set in Los Angeles. Emphasis on generic conventions, representations of the city, and discourses of class, gender, race.

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

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of an honors thesis under individual faculty supervision.

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

Intensive study of a theoretical tradition or critical movement, or of an individual topic or thinker, in literary criticism or theory.

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