Fall 2020

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

Comparative approach and general introduction to literature and cinema from the four major nations of maritime Southeast Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia).

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 mass-reproduced verbal and visual art forms, such as graphic novels, comics, animation, popular music, video, graffiti, advertising.

Survey of cultural critique focused on Latin America as a cultural region and on Latin Americanism as a transnational academic practice.

Literary representations and theories of gender difference. Examines questions of gendered voice in writing and the cultural construction of gender in various periods and cultures.

Introduction to important trends in recent French philosophy, political and social theory, psychoanalysis, ethnology, semiotics, and media studies. Emphasis to be determined by department. Conducted in English.

Representative works from the "fantastic" and related currents within the European, U.S., and Spanish American traditions; reading of texts by authors such as Borges, Cortazar, Kafka, and Poe. Discussion of relevant theoretical concepts and critical works.

Examines the relation between historical and theoretical approaches to literary works.

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.

Introduction to the graduate certificate in Translation Studies; study of canonical works in translation theory.

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.