Graduate Courses for Comparative Literature (CMLT)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

CMLT 415 The Hebrew Bible (3 credits)
A study of sources, development and literary types.

CMLT 469 The Continental Novel (3 credits)
The novel in translation from Stendhal through the existentialists, selected from literatures of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Spain.

CMLT 479 Major Contemporary Authors (3 credits)

CMLT 488 Genres (3 credits)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
A study of a recognized literary form, such as tragedy, film, satire, literary criticism, comedy, tragicomedy, etc.

CMLT 489 Major Writers (3 credits)
Each semester two major writers from different cultures and languages will be studied. Authors will be chosen on the basis of significant relationships of cultural and aesthetic contexts, analogies between their respective works, and the importance of each writer to his literary tradition.

CMLT 498 Selected Topics in Comparative Studies (3 credits)

CMLT 600 Introduction to Critical Theory (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Introduction to the history of critical theory, its place in contemporary textual and cultural studies, and several theoretical schools of current significance.

CMLT 601 Problems in Comparative Studies (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.

CMLT 639 Studies in the Renaissance (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits.

CMLT 649 Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits.
Studies in eighteenth century literature: as announced.

CMLT 658 Studies in Romanticism (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits.
Studies in romanticism: as announced.

CMLT 679 Topics in Comparative Studies (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits.
Seminar in modern and contemporary literature: as announced.

CMLT 681 Literary Criticism: Ancient and Medieval (3 credits)

CMLT 682 Literary Criticism: Renaissance and Modern (3 credits)

CMLT 699 Independent Study (1-6 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Research and writing on specific readings on a topic selected by the student which is approved and supervised by a faculty member.

CMLT 701 Paradigms of Theory (3 credits)
Prerequisite: an introductory course in critical theory. Also offered as ENGL 701. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: CMLT 701 or ENGL 701.
Exploration of the works of four or five major critical thinkers who underwrite the study of theory in the academy today, with special attention to the diversity within critical theory.

CMLT 702 Cultures of Theory (3 credits)
Prerequisite: an introductory course in critical theory. Also offered as ENGL 702. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: CMLT 702 or ENGL 702.
An exploration of the socio-historic, material, and cultural contexts of various theoretical practices and traditions.

CMLT 788 Practicum in Comparative Studies (1-6 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 20 credits if content differs.
Practical professional training for individuals and groups of students in supervised settings.

CMLT 798 Critical Theory Colloquium (1 credits)
Prerequisites: CMLT 701 and CMLT 702 or permission of instructor. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
An intensive advanced exploration of current problems and issues in critical theory.

CMLT 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)

CMLT 801 Seminar in Themes and Types (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.

CMLT 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)

CMLT 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)