Comparative Literature Department
Graduate Courses
- Required Courses
- Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Courses
- Period Courses
- Genre Courses
- Cross-Cultural Studies
- Translation Studies
- Film Studies
- Research, Teaching, and General Topics
- Cross-Listed Courses
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C501 Introduction to Contemporary Literary Studies (3 cr.)
Introduces major twentieth-century ideas about the nature of literature and the principles and methods of its study,including contemporary theories that have challenged traditional approaches and inspired new ones. Among the topics to be examined are new criticism, formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, and psychoanalytic as well as reader-response and ideological criticism.
C502 Fields and Methods of Comparative Literature (1 cr.)
Explores the various disciplines and approaches that constitute the practice of comparative literature at Indiana University and introduces their methods and bibliographical resources. Faculty members will lecture on their specialties.
Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Courses
C503 Topics in World Criticism and Theory I (4 cr.)
Selections from critics, theorists, and critical and theoretical movements before 1750 from an intercultural perspective. As topics vary, may be repeated for credit.
C504 Topics in World Criticism and Theory II (4cr.)
Selections from critics, theorists, and critical and theoretical movements after 1750 from an intercultural perspective. As topics vary, may be repeated for credit.
C545 The Bible and Western Literature (4 cr.)
Questions of authority, unity, canonicity, and interpretive license studied with reference to selected texts from the Western tradition and their biblical source. Sample topics: Genesis and poetic origins; theories of inspiration; genealogy and historical narrative; hexameral epic; forms of parable; poetry and prophecy.May be repeated for credit when topic differs.
C546 Sexuality and the Arts (4 cr.)
A variable topics course which examines human sexuality as manifested in various areas of the arts, incliding sexuality and love in Western literature, sexuality and literature in the East, and sex and censorship in the cinema. A general introduction to methodology will be included. May be repeated once for credit.
C555 Theory and Methods of Inter-Arts Studies (4 cr.)
Examination of crucial areas of artistic interrelations and the purposes and methods of studying them. Introduces tools for analyzing individual literary, pictorial, and musical texts; concepts, terms, and approaches used in inter-art comparisons. Emphasis on signification, representation, intersemiotic transposition, imitation, illustration, style and period parallels.
C601 Studies in the History of Theory and Criticism (4 cr.)
May be repeated for credit.
C602 Contemporary Theoretical Issues and Approaches (4 cr.)
Examples are topics such as feminist theory, reader response criticism, hermeneutics. May be repeated for credit.
C641 Literature in Its Intellectual and Cultural Contexts (4 cr.)
C643 Literary Studies and the Social Sciences(4 cr.)
Topics may include "politics and the novel," new historicism, the theory of ideology. Maybe repeated for credit.
C644 Literary Studies and Psychoanalysis (4 cr.)
Topics may include Freud and literature, Lacan and literary theory.
C645 Literary Studies and Religion (4 cr.)
Topics may include traditions of Christian literature, mystical poetry. May be repeated for credit.
C647 Literary Studies and Philosophy (4 cr.)
Major philosophical themes, such as Platonism, stoicism, skepticism, and mysticism, that appear and reappear in Western literature.
C649 Literary Studies and the Natural Sciences (4 cr.)
Topics may include science and the theory of interpretation; the aesthetics of evolution. May be repeated for credit.
C655 Topics in Inter-Arts Studies (4 cr.)
Investigation of selected topics concerning the interrelation between literature, music, the visual arts, dance, and intermedia and multimedia texts. May be repeated twice for credit.
C505 Western Literary and Intellectual Traditions to 1500 (4 cr.)
Classical, biblical, and medieval texts.
C506 Western Literary and Intellectual Traditions after 1500 (4 cr.)
An historical overview, discussing a wide range of texts.
C521 Ancient Greek and Roman Literature (4 cr.)
C523 Medieval Literature (4 cr.)
C525 The Renaissance and Seventeenth Century (4 cr.)
C529 The Eighteenth Century (4 cr.)
C533 Romanticism (4 cr.)
C535 The Later-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries (4 cr.)
C537 The Twentieth Century I (4 cr.)
Early and middle twentieth century. Modernism and the Avant-Gardes.
C538 The Twentieth Century II (4 cr.)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Late twentieth century. Concentrates on postmodernism.
C630 Studies in Literary History (4 cr.)
May be repeated for credit.
C511 Drama (4 cr.)
C513 Narrative (4 cr.)
C515 Lyric (4 cr.)
C516 Non-Narrative Prose (4 cr.)
C610 Studies in the Theory of Genres (4 cr.)
May be repeated for credit.
C611 Topics in Literary Genres, Modes, Forms (4 cr.)
May be repeated for credit.
C571 African Literatures and Cultures I (4 cr.)
C572 African Literatures and Cultures II(4 cr.)
C573 Arabic-Western Studies (4 cr.)
C574 Japanese-Western Studies (4 cr.)
C575 Chinese-Western Studies I (4 cr.)
C576 Chinese-Western Studies II (4 cr.)
C670 Topics in Cross-Cultural Studies (4 cr.)
May be repeated for credit.
C580 History and Theory of Translation (4 cr.)
C581 Workshop in Literary Translation (4 cr.)
C680 Topics in Translation Studies (4 cr.)
May be repeated for credit.
C692 Comedy in Film and Literature (4 cr.)
Evolution, styles, and techniques of film comedy in America and Europe from the beginnings of cinema to the present. Theories of comedy and humor; relationship of film comedy to comedy in fiction, drama, pantomime, circus, and vaudeville. Work of leading film comedians.
C693 Film Adaptations of Literature (4 cr.)
Analysis of the processes and problems involved in turning a literary work (novel, play, or poem) into a screenplay and then into a film. Close study of literary and film techniques and short exercises in adaptation.
C790 Studies in Film and Literature (4-12 cr.)
Topic varies: evolution of national literary and cinematic traditions; cinema and the theory of narrative; literary adaptation in cinema; comparative study of cinematic and literary movements (e.g., surrealism, expressionism).
Research, Teaching, and General Topics
C507 Teaching Methods in Comparative Literature (3 cr.)
Examination of the presuppositions, methods, and goals of teaching literature in a comparative mode at the college level. Topics include teaching literature and composition, interarts, and cross-cultural approaches to literature, foreign language and translation studies, teaching literary theory, and technological resources. Practice in developing courses, assignments, and classroom strategies.
C508 Teaching Literature and Composition (1 cr.)
C509 Teaching Internship in Comparative Literature (1 cr.)
A teaching internship in an undergraduate comparative literature course.
C603 Topics in Comparative Literature Studies (4 cr.)
Explores specific problems between two literatures or between literature and another area in the humanities. May be repeated for credit.
C604 Readings in Film and Literature (cr. arr.)
Special readings on film and literature arranged with the instructor.
C801 Research (cr. arr.)
C805 Master's Thesis (cr. arr.)
C810 Ph.D. Thesis (cr. arr.)
English
L607 History Lit.Criticism Enlightenment(4 cr.)
L608 History Literary Criticism:1750-1960(4cr.)
French and Italian
F564 Issues in Literary Theory (3 cr.)
F647 Contemporary French Theory Criticism (3cr.)
Slavic Languages and Literatures
R505-R506 19th Century Russian Lit.I-II (3/3cr.)
Theatre and Drama
T555-T556 Drama Theory I-II (3-3 cr.)
T567 European Drama from Moliere-Ibsen (3 cr.)
T571 Studies Renaissance-Baroque Theatre (3cr.)
T662 Comparative Theatre Drama: Melodrama (3cr.)
