CLT801 / Methodologies of Comparative Literature [3-0, 3 cr.]

This course introduces fundamental concepts and approaches of comparative practice. Its objective is to expose students to key debates in literary and cultural studies today, and to provide an overview of some of the methods currently used in the profession.

CLT803 / Literary Theory I [3-0, 3 cr.]

This course examines the theories of literature, and the representation from classical Greece and Rome, the Medieval Mediterranean, and the European Renaissance. It is organized according to major questions that have traditionally generated debate, and that continue to resonate in contemporary literary and cultural studies.

CLT804 / Literary Theory II [3-0, 3 cr.]

This course examines the theories of literature, and representation, from the Enlightenment to the present. The course is designed to provide an intellectual background for current theoretical debates in the profession.

CLT820 / Periods [3-0, 3 cr.]

This course explores the fundamental critical concepts related to periods, through the close attention to primary texts supplemented with theoretical readings. The aim of the course is to kindle awareness and interests in the histo­ry of literature.

CLT830 / Themes [3-0, 3 cr.]

This course explores particular themes through the close attention to primary texts, supplemented with theoretical readings. This broadly construed course is designed to allow the instructor, and students, an opportunity to explore thematic interests in some depth.

CLT840 / Genre [3-0, 3 cr.]

This course explores the fundamental critical concepts related to genre, through the close attention to primary texts, supplemented with theoretical readings. Rather than attempting to provide a synoptic view of the range of generic forms, the course is conceived with a priority on flexibility, so as to respond to the needs and interests of the instructor, and students alike.

CLT880 / Graduate Seminar in Comparative Literature [3-0, 3 cr.]

CLT899 / Thesis [6 cr.]

This course entails producing an original and extensive research project under the supervision of an advisor, and defended before a committee. It may include field research, be qualitative or quantitative, descriptive or experimental, and in the form of a case study, document analysis, or action research.