Comparative Literature Major

Requirements: Comparative Literature Major (B.A.)

Global Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

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For further description of the courses required within each section of GLACC, see here or download the degree worksheet to the right.

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites
INTEGRATIVE INQUIRY
CCI 1	Four Integrative Inquiry Courses (course type CCI) (May not overlap with major, at least one must be at AUP. All courses must be outside the major's disciplinary base.) Freshmen satisfy CCI courses as follows: FirstBridge (two courses) and two additional CCI courses outside the major discipline. FirstBridge courses may not replace major requirements. Transfer students satisfy CCI courses as follows: four CCI courses outside the major discipline; at least one CCI must be taken at AUP.
CCI 2
CCI 3
CCI 4
CCX	Experiential Learning
CRITICAL INQUIRY AND EXPRESSION
EN 2020 CCE	Writing & Criticism	EN1010
CCD	Digital Literacy and Communication
See list of major requirements below for course with type CCR	Disciplinary Research Methods/Writing in the Discipline
QUANTITATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL REASONING
MA 1005 or Above (course type CCM)	Quantitative Reasoning
Lab science course coded CCS (4CR lecture with corresponding 0CR lab)	Experimental Reasoning	MA1005CCM or higher to be taken before or at the same time
EXPRESSION FRANÇAISE
FR 1200 CCF (or above)	Elementary French & Culture II	FR1100
AUP CAPSTONE
See list of major requirements below for course with type CCC	AUP Capstone

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS – 46 credits

(Minimum grade of “C-“ required in each course)

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	Prerequisites
CL1025CCI	THE WORLD, THE TEXT, AND THE CRITIC I	None
CL1050	THE WORLD, THE TEXT, AND THE CRITIC II	None
CL2085CCR	THEORY AND WRITING	None
CL3020 or CL3035	PRODUCT'N, TRANSLAT'N, CREAT'N, PUBLICAT'N or CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE	None or None
CL4075CCC	PORTFOLIO	College Level=Senior AND ( Major=Comparative Literature OR Major=Creative Writing)

Survey Courses

SELECT Two COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST

NOTE: In selecting Survey and Elective courses, students must take at least one course from each of the three periods – Classical, Medieval & Renaissance

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	Prerequisite
CL2033CCI	TOUCHSTONES OF WORLD LITERATURE	None
CL2052	ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800	None
CL2054	MODERN LATIN AMERICAN & SPANISH LIT.	None
CL2059CCI	TALES FROM CENTRAL EUROPE	None
CL3032	THE MONSTROUS AND FABULOUS RENAISSANCE	FR1200CCF OR FR1200 OR FR1300 OR FR1300CCI OR FR2100 OR FR2100CCI OR FR2200 OR FR2200CCI OR FR2101 OR FR2102
CL3035	CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE	None

Electives

Select five courses from the lists below (or from the list above, if not already taken to meet the survey requirement)

Author Focus

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CL3023	MEDIEVAL CULTURE: MARGERY KEMPE AND GEOFFREY CHAUCER	None
CL3059 FR3059	ROMANTIC LIT AND ITS DISCONTENTS: FLAUBERT, SAND, BAUDELAIRE	None / None
CL3063CCI	KAFKA AND WORLD LITERATURE	None
CL3082CCI	PROUST & THE ARTS	None

Theater & Film

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CL2075	THEATER IN PARIS	FR1200CCF OR FR1300CCI OR FR2100CCI OR FR2200CCI OR FR2101 OR FR2102
FM3011	FRENCH FILM & FICTION NOW	FR1300CCI OR FR2100CCI OR FR2200CCI OR FR2101 OR FR2102
CL3030	PHILOSOPHY & THE THEATER	None
CL3038	SHAKESPEARE IN CONTEXT	None
CL3048	SHAKESPEARE & FILM	None

Genres & Literary Movements

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CL2083CCD	DIGITAL POETICS	None
CL3002	WORD & IMAGE: LIT. & THE VISUAL ARTS	None
CL3054	GOTHIC, THE LITERATURE OF EXCESS	None
CL3100	THE POETIC EXPERIENCE: A WRITING WORKSHOP	None

Cities, History & Geopolitics

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CL2010	PARIS THROUGH ITS BOOKS	None
CL3034	PARIS REEL & IMAGINED: PERSPECTIVES ON THE CITY OF LIGHTS	None
CL3043	PARIS ATTRACTION: MODERNIST EXPERIMENTS IN MIGRATION	None
CL3089	THE BIBLE	None

Theory & Gender

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CL2006CCI	CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THEORY	None
FR2060CCI	INTRO TO LINGUISTICS/ A LA LINGUISTIQUE	FR1300CCI OR FR1300 OR FR2100 OR FR2100CCI OR FR2200 OR FR2200CCI
CL3060CCI	LITERATURE & THE POLITICAL IMAGINATION	None
CL3075	QUEENS, FAIRIES & HAGS: ROMANCE OF MEDIEVAL GENDER	None
FR3090CCI	TOPICS IN FRENCH AND ANOTHER DISCIPLINE	FR2100CCI OR FR2100 OR FR2200 OR FR2200CCI OR FR2101 OR FR2102

Classical Antiquity

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CL3050	INTERMEDIATE LATIN II	LT2001CCI OR LT2001GE100 OR LT2001
CL3070	INTERMEDIATE ANCIENT GREEK II	GK2005 OR GK2005CCI OR GK2005GE100
CL3114CCI	IMPERIAL ROME: PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, SOCIETY	None
CL3116CCI	KEY TEXTS: SOCRATES, SOPHISTS, AND THE STAGE	None
CL3117CCI	EMPIRE AND INDIVIDUAL: FROM ALEXANDER TO CAESAR	None
CL4050	ADVANCED STUDY IN LATIN	LT3050CCI OR LT3050GE100 OR LT3050
CL4070	ADVANCED STUDY IN ANCIENT GREEK	GK3070 OR GK3070CCI OR GK3070GE100

Changing Topics

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CL4091	TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE	None
CL4095INPR	SENIOR PROJECT	College Level=Senior

*Original Language Option. Students taking courses marked with an asterisk may choose to read the texts in English translation or in the original non-English.

FREE ELECTIVES

Any courses desired – must complete a total of 128 credit hours to graduate.

HONORS

The department offers honors options to particularly motivated students; there is no GPA requirement. Students are nominated to honors by the department on the basis of a portfolio of work. Honors students in Comparative Literature must demonstrate intermediate proficiency in two languages other than English, and must have studied the primary texts for two of the major elective courses in the original (non- English) language, e.g. by taking a CL course with original language option. All honors students write a senior project, which may be an academic thesis or a piece of creative work, of around 40 pages or the equivalent.