(CMLT)HONS 2010H. Honors Humanities. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Concepts integrating literature and the fine arts through lectures, seminars, individual research or projects, and writing.
Non-traditional format: Discussion sections will include writing and critiquing papers, and student presentations. May be offered daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

(CMLT)HONS 2020H. Honors Humanities. 6 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Concepts integrating literature and the fine arts through lectures, seminars, individual research or projects, and writing.
Non-traditional format: Discussion periods include writing and critiquing papers, and students presentations.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

(CMLT)AFST(ANTH)(GEOG)(HIST)(SOCI) 2100. Introduction to Africa. 3 hours.
The history, physical environment (landforms, vegetation, and climate), and sociocultural environment (artistic, political, and social development) of Africa.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

CMLT 2111. World Literature I. 3 hours.
World literature from antiquity to the seventeenth century.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

CMLT 2210. Western World Literature I. 3 hours.
Western World Literature from Homer to the seventeenth century.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

CMLT 2212. World Literature II. 3 hours.
World literature from the seventeenth century to the present.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

CMLT 2220. Western World Literature II. 3 hours.
Western World Literature from the seventeenth to twentieth century.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

CMLT 2250H. Western World Literature I (Honors). 3 hours.
Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2210.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Western World Literature from Homer to the twentieth century.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

CMLT 2260H. Western World Literature II (Honors). 3 hours.
Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2220.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Western world literature from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first century.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

CMLT 2270H. World Literature I (Honors). 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
World literature from antiquity to the seventeenth century.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 2280H. World Literature II (Honors). 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
World literature from the seventeenth century to present.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 2400. Asian-American Literature. 3 hours.
Works of literature by Asian-American writers, including works written in English and translations of works originally written in Asian languages.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

CMLT 2410H. Asian-American Literature (Honors). 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Works of literature by Asian-American writers, including works written in English and translation of works originally written in Asian languages.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 2500. Comparative Ethnic American Literatures. 3 hours.
A comparative study of ethnic literatures in the United States, including African-American, Arabic-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, Jewish-American, and Native-American literatures.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

CMLT(AFAM) 2600. Multicultural Black Diaspora Literature. 3 hours. .
Multicultural literature of the world-wide dispersion of Africans and people of African descent based on select representative works of African-American, African-Caribbean, and African literature.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

CMLT 3000. Masterpieces of the Indian Tradition. 3 hours.
Prerequisite or corequisite: CMLT 2111 or CMLT 2270H or CMLT 2210 or CMLT 2280H or CMLT 2212 or CMLT 2220 or CMLT 2250H or CMLT 2260H.
The major literary works of ancient India up to the medieval period.
Offered fall semester every even-numbered year.

(CMLT)(AFST)SWAH 3010. Swahili Studies I. 3 hours.
Exploration of the aspects of Swahili literary history and civilization. It will provide knowledge of East Africa (not explored in regular language classes) through geography, history, political, and economic structures. The main focus will be on critical readings on Swahili literature, history, and civilization.
Offered fall semester every year.

(CMLT)HONS 3010H. Honors Research Methods. 1-3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Research methods in the Arts and Humanities to enhance directed study participation and Honors thesis/project preparation.
Non-traditional format: Weekly seminars focus on individual student research designs. May be held during May session as daily seminars.
Offered every year.

(CMLT)(AFST)SWAH 3020. Swahili Studies II. 3 hours.
An exploration of Swahili culture in contemporary literary texts; a discussion on how literary texts about the Swahili language and its speakers are used to manifest the culture and how external influences affect the indigenous Swahili culture. Readings of novels from the target country, documents, and other archival materials will be expected of the students.
Offered spring semester every year.

CMLT(AFST)(ANTH) 3030. Introduction to African Languages and Cultures. 3 hours.
Not open to students with credit in SWAH(YORB)(AFAM) 3030.
Overview of African languages and cultures, their diversity and similarities. Critical approach to discourses on Africa.
Offered fall semester every year.

CMLT 3100. Speculative Fiction. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
Historical and thematic treatment of fictional speculation about scientific matters from the dialogues of Plato to the contemporary science fiction of Vonnegut.
Offered every even-numbered year.

CMLT 3110. Literature of the Self. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
Comparative study of the self as presented in literature of the first person (such as lyric poetry and autobiography) with particular emphasis on questions of genre, rhetoric, and poetics. Literature of the Self: Testimonio - Surveys testimonios, which are eye-witness, autobiographical accounts by natives of developing nations, of sociologically or politically oppressive situations. Witnesses, who range from the Americas (Alaska, the Dakotas and other Native American reservations, Mexico, Nicaragua, Chile, Cuba) to Africa (Kalahari, the Sudan, Morocco) present their stories through narrative, theater and film. Emphasis on how the testimonio genre is constructed.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 3140. Women Writers. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
World literature represented by women writers from the seventh century B.C. through the seventeenth century A.D.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT(AFST) 3150. Introduction to Modern African Literature. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
The literature of twentieth-century Africa in translation with emphasis on the African novel.
Offered every year.

CMLT 3160. Myth and Oral Tradition. 3 hours. .
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
A discussion of twentieth-century literary works (emphasis on narrative and drama) dealing with the reinterpretation of ancient classical myths, inclusive of English, American, Italian, French, German, and Russian Literatures.
Offered every year.

CMLT 3170. Detective Fiction. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
The evolution of the mystery story in the United States, England, and Europe, based on readings from such masters of the genre as Poe, Doyle, Christie, Simenon, Hammett, Chandler, et al. All readings in English.
Offered every year.

CMLT(ANTH) 3180. Introduction to East Asian Cultures. 3 hours.
Cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, with emphasis on the formation of Chinese culture and its diffusion and variation within the other national groups.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT(ANTH) 3190. Myth in Culture. 3 hours.
Literary and anthropological approaches to the study of myth in culture.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 3200. Contemporary Literature. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
Selected works of contemporary world literature, with emphasis on works from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 3210. Ecocriticism. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102M.
The exploration of a culture's conceptions of nature--and the social implications-- through examination of texts of literature and other discourses. Course may focus on either Western or non-Western societies.
Offered every year.

CMLT 3220. Women and Writing in East Asia. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
This course addresses issues related to women in East Asia from comparative perspectives by examining how they are represented and how they choose to represent themselves in literary texts, film, and sociological material.
Offered every year.

CMLT(ANTH) 3240. The Gypsies: Last Nomads of the Modern World. 3 hours.
The Roma tribes of Central and Eastern Europe, including their cultures, customs, languages, literature, and music.
Not offered on a regular basis.
CMLT(ANTH) 3241. Minorities in Europe. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: MINORITIES IN EUR.
Anti-semitism and anti-Roma sentiments and practices in Central and East Europe. How the European Union is addressing this problem and future prospects for these minorities at risk.
Offered summer semester every year.

CMLT 3250. Children's Literature. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected works written for children from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Special emphasis on historical, cultural, religious, social, and linguistic contexts.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 3990. Directed Study in Comparative Literature. 3 hours. .
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Independent study and research under the direction of individual faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

CMLT 4010. Approaches in Comparative Literature. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
The methods and literary theories encompassed by the discipline of Comparative Literature.
Offered fall semester every year.

(CMLT)HONS 4010H. Special Problems Seminar in Humanities. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Selected problems in the Humanities which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand.
Non-traditional format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4020. Senior Seminar in Comparative Literature. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CMLT 4010.
The capstone course for the undergraduate major in comparative literature, focusing on a particular theme, methodology, theory or problem.
Offered spring semester every year.

(CMLT)HONS 4020H. Special Problems Seminar in Humanities. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week. .
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Selected problems in the Humanities which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand.
Non-traditional format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4050/6050. Literature and Ideas of Nature. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Literary and philosophical texts of various historical periods that trace changes in how human beings understand their non-human environment.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4070/6070. Renaissance European Literature. 3 hours.
Literature of Western Europe (Italian, French, Spanish, Germanic, and English) 1450-1600, with emphasis on literary types and prevailing ideas.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4080/6080. Romantic European Literature. 3 hours.
The rise and development of Romanticism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with reading of selected literature and criticism.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4081/6081. World Romanticism I. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Early Romanticism: 1750-1830, with readings of selected literature and criticism.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4082/6082. World Romanticism II. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Middle to late romanticism: 1820 -1900, with readings of selected literature and criticism.
Offered every year.

CMLT 4090/6090. Poetry. 3 hours.
Lyric poetry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4100/6100. Mannerist and Baroque Literature. 3 hours. .
Literary forms and issues in Europe ca. 1550-1700, with special attention to the intellectual background and the interrelationships between literature and other arts and sciences.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4110/6110. Medieval European Literature. 3 hours.
The literatures of medieval Europe with emphasis on major literary genres and the philosophical and social presuppositions which inform them.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4120/6120. Eighteenth-Century European Literature. 3 hours.
The literature of England, France, and Germany in the eighteenth century, with emphasis on literary types and prevailing ideas.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4150/6150. The Novel. 3 hours.
The novel as a genre. Origins of prose fiction, theory of the novel, and representative readings of novels from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries will be included.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4200/6200. Literature and the Visual Arts. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LIT & VISUAL ARTS.
Literature and the Visual Arts - Explores concepts of art, artists, and museums in contemporary society. Sections deal with the theoretical constitution of art, museum classification, and the corporatization of art and art museums.

CMLT 4210/6210. Literature and Cinema. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. Formal, philosophical, and thematic relationships between literature and cinema.
Offered every even-numbered year.

CMLT 4220/6220. East Asian Cinema. 3 hours.
A survey of major works of East Asian cinema from literary, historical, cultural, and interdisciplinary perspectives. Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4230/6230. African Cinema. 3 hours.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102M or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H.
Introduction to African cinema as a prolongation of both oral and written African literature. An analysis of selected films shall reveal the usage of African "aesthetics of narration," which shall lead to a better understanding of the discourse of African literatures written in European languages.

CMLT(AFST)(ANTH) 4245/6245. Oral Literature in Africa. 3 hours.
Undergraduate prerequisite or corequisite: ENGL 1102.
Survey course presenting orality as major modus of literary and knowledge production in Africa. Presentation of the institutional carriers of orality (storytellers, etc.). Readings in English translation.

CMLT 4250/6250. Drama. 3 hours.
Drama as a genre from its beginnings to the present.
Offered every year.

CMLT 4300/6300. Modernism and Postmodernism. 3 hours.
Modernism and postmodernism as literary movements, with reading of selected literature and criticism.
Not offered on a regular basis.

(CMLT)RELI 4307/6307. Comparative Islamic Literature. 3 hours.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of department.
The major genres of Islamic literature and its principle concepts, covering Qur'anic, hadith, legal and political literature, philosophy, theology, historiography, hagiography, and poetry, emphasizing the Medieval period and mystical prose and poetry primarily in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. The works will be in English translation. A writing intensive course.

CMLT 4350/6350. Nineteenth-Century Literature. 3 hours.
Readings in major writers and works of nineteenth-century European and world literature.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4400/6400. East Central European Literature and Culture. 3 hours.
The works of major modern East Central European writers, with some attention to representative cinema.
Offered every even-numbered year.

CMLT 4510/6510. Literature and Music. 3 hours.
The forms, relationships, and aesthetics of music and literature.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4600/6600. Survey of East Asian Literature I. 3 hours.
Poetry, prose, and drama in traditional China and Japan. The works will be in English translation.
Offered every year.

CMLT 4610/6610. Survey of East Asian Literature II. 3 hours.
Poetry, prose, and drama in China and Japan from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The works will be in English translation.
Offered every year.

CMLT 4620/6620. East Asian Novel. 3 hours.
The major/minor novelists and their works, especially those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The novels are in English translation.
Offered every year.

(CMLT)LING 4740/6740. Discourse Analysis. 3 hours.
Undergraduate prerequisite: LING 2100 or permission of department.
An interdisciplinary study of language use, text analysis, and evaluation. The course will provide students with the ability to investigate and evaluate structural features of language and to identify the strategies used by different writers based on style and cultural backgrounds.
Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year.

(CMLT)LING 4870/6870. Language, Gender, and Culture. 3 hours.
Undergraduate prerequisite: LING 2100 or ENGL(LING) 3030 or permission of department.
The role of language and culture in the formation of philosophical assumptions about gender differentiation in society.
Offered every year.

CMLT 4875/6875. The African Diaspora. 3 hours.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102M or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H.
Exploration of creative works by younger Africans whose primary socialization took place in Europe (Great Britain, France, Germany) and in the United States. Their contribution to African culture as well as to Western cultural life in the Western World.

CMLT(AFST) 4880/6880. Survey of African Literature I. 3 hours.
African literature from its ancient oral traditions to the European colonial period based on works of African authors written in English and English translations of the African works.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT(AFST) 4890/6890. Survey of African Literature II. 3 hours.
African literature since the independence of the African people from European colonial rule.
Not offered on a regular basis

CMLT 4895/6895. Francophone/Lusophone African Literature in English Translation. 3 hours.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL1102M or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H.
Survey of modern African literatures in French and/or Portuguese language with focus on the novel.

CMLT 4970H. Directed Reading and/or Projects (Honors). 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual study, reading, or projects under the direction of a project director.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4980H. Directed Reading and/or Projects (Honors). 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual study, reading, or projects under the guidance of a project director.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 4990H. Honors Thesis. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual research in the major field or in a closely related field under the guidance of a project director.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 7000. Master's Research. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

CMLT 7005. Graduate Student Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

CMLT 7100. Proseminar in Comparative Literature. 3 hours. .
Prerequisite: Permission of major.
A multiple-instructor course for graduate students in Comparative Literature introducing the range of literatures and critical approaches which characterize the discipline and the department.
Offered fall semester every year.

CMLT 7300. Master's Thesis. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

CMLT(AFST) 8020. Seminar in Literary Periods. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit.
Specific literary period from an international perspective, with emphasis on theoretical problems in periodization and the relationship of literature to other cultural institutions.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT(AFST) 8030. Seminar in Literary Genres. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit.
Oasis Title: LITERARY GENRES.
Major genre, the epic in the literatures of Europe and America, with particular attention to recent developments in genre theory.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8040. Problems in Literary Translation. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
The problems and principles of literary translation, with emphasis on the practice of translation.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8130. Seminar in Special Topics. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit.
Selected topics in comparative studies, to be determined by the course instructor.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8280. Problems in the History of Literary Criticism I. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Literary criticism from Classical Antiquity through the mid-eighteenth century with attention to the theoretical issues and assumptions underlying the specific critical problems.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8290. Problems in the History of Literary Criticism II. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Literary criticism from the late eighteenth century to the present. Particular attention will be paid to the theoretical issues and assumptions underlying the specific critical problems under investigation.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8300. Seminar in Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Literary theory and critical method, as exemplified by diverse figures from a number of differing national and linguistic cultures.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8310. Seminar in East Central European Studies. 3 hours.
Intellectual trends in their East Central European inflection. The philosophical and ideological underpinnings of the East Central European aesthetic and sociological thought and expression.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8400. Literature and Science. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Models of reality implicit in "scientific" and "literary" texts.
Not offered on a regular basis.

(CMLT)GRMN 8480. Aesthetic Theory (Kant to Adorno). 3 hours.
Major 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century tracts on aesthetic theory, mainly drawn from the German philosophical tradition. In-depth study of such concepts as beauty, the sublime, sensate knowledge, aestheticism, aesthetic ideology, the anti-aesthetic, and the end of art, against the background of contemporary continental theory.

(CMLT)GRMN 8490. Critical Theory. 3 hours.
Introduction to the literary, cultural, aesthetic, and philosophical theories of the Frankfurt School (first-, second-, and third-generation theorists). Examines the main tenets of this tradition, places these theories in a comparative context, and explores the after-effects of Critical Theory in contemporary criticism.

CMLT 8500. Literature and Philosophy. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. .
The relationships between literature and philosophy, and in the philosophical issues that literature examines.
Not offered on a regular basis.

(CMLT)ENGL 8850. Seminar in Criticism and Theory. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
A problem in structuralism, poststructuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, New Historicism, gay and lesbian studies, postmodernism, postcolonialism, or cultural studies; or of a major literary theorist.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 8980. Readings in Comparative Literature. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Independent reading with regular conferences and reports, in some aspects of comparative literature.
Not offered on a regular basis.

CMLT 9000. Doctoral Research. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCTORAL RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year

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CMLT 9005. Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.


CMLT 9300. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.