College of Liberal Arts
Comparative Literature

 

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Paul Allen Miller, Director
Core Faculty

    Charles J. Alber, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1971 (Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian)
    Amittai Aviram, Ph.D., Yale University, 1984 (English)
    Kwame Senu Neville Dawes, Ph.D., University of New Brunswick, 1992 (English)
    Martin J. Donougho, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1979 (Philosophy)
    Jeanne M. Garane, Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1994 (French and Classics)
    Freeman Henry, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1973 (French and Classics)
    Judith Kalb, Ph.D. Stanford University, 1996 (Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian)
    Maria Angelica G. Lopes, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1980 (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese)
    Paul Allen Miller, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1989 (French and Classics)
    J. Alexander Ogden, Ph.D. Stanford University, 1997 (Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian)
    Celso de Oliveira, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1976 (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese)
    Lawrence Rhu, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1987 (English)
    Meili Steele, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1984 (English)
    Nicholas Vazsonyi, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1997 (Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian)
    Sarah Westphal, Ph.D., Yale University, 1985 (Medieval and Women’s Studies)

Consulting Faculty

    Alejandro Bernal, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984 (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese)
    Ward Briggs, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1974 (French and Classics)
    Lucile Charlebois, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1982 (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese)
    Susan Courtney, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1997 (Film Studies and Theory)
    Wolfgang Elfe, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1970 (German, Slavic, and East Asian)
    Scott Gwara, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1993 (English)
    Ina Rae Hark, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1975 (English)
    Ramona Lagos, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1982 (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese)
    Nancy E. Lane, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1976 (French and Classics)
    Kevin Lewis, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1980 (Religious Studies)
    Agnes Mueller, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1997 (Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian)
    Alfred Nordman, Ph.D., Universität Hamburg, 1986 (Philosophy)
    Faust Pauluzzi, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1980 (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese)
    Phillip B. Rollinson, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1968 (English)
    Cassie Premo Steele, Ph. D., Emory University, 1996 (English)
    Graciella E. Tissera, Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1996 Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese)
    Tan Ye, Ph. D., Washington University, 1991 (Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian)

Professor Emeritus

    Samuel Ashley Brown, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1958 (English)

Overview

The Department of English and the departments of foreign languages offer undergraduate courses that are properly grouped under the heading of comparative literature. These courses are particularly recommended to students planning interdisciplinary majors. Students in various departments may find these courses helpful as electives. Students who intend to seek graduate degrees in comparative literature are advised at the undergraduate level to major in one language and to elect comparative courses as part of a supplementary or cognate program.

Students may take a minor in this area that would satisfy the cognate requirements.

Minor Requirements

For a Foreign Language Major
CPLT 300, Introduction to Comparative Literature
CPLT 301, Great Books of the Western World I
CPLT 302, Great Books of the Western World II
Foreign Language 315 in a language other than the student’s major
One literature in translation course in the student’s 315 language
One English course, 300-level or above

For an English or Humanities Major
CPLT 300, Introduction to Comparative Literature
CPLT 301, Great Books of the Western World I
CPLT 302, Great Books of the Western World II
Foreign Language: two 200-level courses
One literature in translation course in the student’s 200-level language

Course Descriptions (CPLT)

Comparative literature courses are taught in translation.

  • 270--World Literature. {=ENGL 270} (3) Selected masterpieces of world literature from antiquity to the present.
  • 300--Introduction to Comparative Literature. (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Introduction to ways of reading and comparing literatures drawn from diverse languages and cultures.
  • 301--Great Books of the Western World I. {=ENGL 390} (3) European masterpieces from antiquity to the beginning of the Renaissance.
  • 302--Great Books of the Western World II. {=ENGL 391} (3) European masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present.
  • 303--Great Books of the Eastern World. {=ENGL 392} (3) Classical and contemporary poetry and prose of the Middle and Far East.
  • 380--Epic to Romance. {=ENGL 380} (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Comprehensive exploration of medieval and other pre-Renaissance literature using texts representative of the evolution of dominant literary forms.
  • 381--The Renaissance. {=ENGL 381} (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Literature of the Renaissance, in its cultural contexts, explored through representative works.
  • 382--The Enlightenment. {=ENGL 382} (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Literature of the Enlightenment in its cultural contexts, explored through representative works.
  • 383--Romanticism. {=ENGL 383} (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Literature of Romanticism, in its cultural contexts, explored through representative works.
  • 384--Realism. {=ENGL 384} (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Literature of Realism in its cultural contexts, explored through representative works.
  • 385--Modernism. {=ENGL 385} (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Literature of Modernism in its cultural contexts, explored through representative works.
  • 386--Postmodernism. {=ENGL 386} (3) (Prereq: ENGL 101 and 102) Literature of Postmodernism in its cultural contexts, explored through representative works.
  • 415--Topics in Comparative Literary Relations. (3) Topics involving two or more national literatures. Topics to be announced in master schedule by suffix and title.
  • 499--Senior Thesis. (3)
    597--Comparative Studies in Film. {=FILM 597} (3)     Topics in film from an international perspective. National cinematic traditions are compared and contrasted.

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