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Comparative Literature
Overview
Literature is a cultural site where the present is negotiated, the past is excavated, and the future is envisioned. In a globalized world where the circulation of blogs, legal documents, political manifestos, manuscripts, online journals, and images constantly shape and reshape human experience, understanding texts is utterly essential. Comparative Literature provides students with tools for analyzing texts, writing, editing, translating, and thinking across disciplinary and national boundaries. Our graduates engage a variety of literary traditions and historical periods, from Latin American concrete poetry to the discourses of political and race theory to Yiddish experimental fiction. The department offers rigorous training in the following areas of strength of our internationally recognized faculty: French, German, Italian, Hebrew Studies, Classics, Critical Theory, East Asian Literatures and Arts, Performance Studies, Film and Media, Poetry and Poetics, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Postcolonial Theory, English and American Literatures, Early Modern and Renaissance Studies, and Slavic Literatures and Cultures. All members of the department are deeply invested in the academic development of our students and value you as an integral part of the Comparative Literature community at UC Berkeley. The department aims to develop your creative and intellectual interests and talents. Students receive the opportunity to pursue rigorous research in a variety of fields according to their interests; engage in team-based projects; participate in discussions about political, aesthetic, and social issues; and develop a nuanced cross-cultural understanding of historical and social processes. All of our students work closely with cutting-edge scholars in their fields in small seminars, with extensive individualized work. Our students form a well-integrated community, and have access to all of the resources of all other Berkeley campus departments and faculty: in fact, our program requires that students take seminars in other departments for interdisciplinary training. We have one of the most successful placement records for our graduates of any program in the country, and of any Berkeley graduate program. Our doctoral graduates are prominent comparative literature and national literature faculty across the country and the world. Our students benefit from training in comparative literature and go on to work in a variety of professions, including journalism, media, publishing, translation, theater, and politics; as well as taking many roles in the legal, corporate, social, medical, and arts sectors. Additionally, we prepare our students to enter top graduate programs in the U.S. and abroad. "That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you are not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong." —F. Scott Fitzgerald
Undergraduate Program
Comparative Literature (http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree- programs/comparative-literature/): BA
Graduate Program
Comparative Literature (http://guide.berkeley.edu/graduate/degree- programs/comparative-literature/): PhD Comparative Literature Expand all course descriptions [+]Collapse all course descriptions [-]
COM LIT H1A English Composition in
Connection with the Reading of World
Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2004 Expository writing based on analysis of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature. Limited to 10 qualified freshmen and/or sophomores who meet for round-table discussions and attend weekly tutorial sessions. Individual assignments provide each student with the opportunity to exploit his or her linguistic and literary training. H1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and H1B satisfies the second half. English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: (a) UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam, (b) a 3. grade point average in high school English, (c) a reading knowledge of an ancient or modern foreign language, and (d) permission of the instructor Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT H1B English Composition in
Connection with the Reading of World
Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006 Expository writing based on analysis of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature. Limited to 10 qualified freshmen and/or sophomores who meet for round-table discussions and attend weekly tutorial sessions. Individual assignments provide each student with the opportunity to exploit his or her linguistic and literary training. H1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and H1B satisfies the second half. English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: (a) UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam, (b) a 3. grade point average in high school English, (c) a reading knowledge of an ancient or modern foreign language, and (d) permission of the instructor Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT N1A English Composition in
Connection with the Reading of World
Literature 3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2011 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2005 10 Week Session, Summer 2004 10 Week Session Expository writing based on analysis of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: A passing grade in Subject A examination or course. 1A is prerequisite to 1B Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT R1B English Composition in
Connection with the Reading of World
Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2023 Expository writing based on analysis of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half. English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: UC Entry Level Writing Requirement or UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam. 1A or equivalent is prerequisite to 1B Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Formerly known as: 1B English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT R2A English Composition in
Connection with Reading of World and
French Literature 5 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1999 Expository writing done in connection with the reading of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature and the study of selected French texts read in the original. Course will prepare students for more advanced work in French. R2A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R2B satisfies the second half. English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and French Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Three years of high school French or two years with a B plus average Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Formerly known as: 2A English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and French Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT R2B English Composition in
Connection with Reading of World and
French Literature 5 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006 Expository writing done in connection with the reading of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature and the study of selected French texts read in the original. Course will prepare students for more advanced work in French. R2A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R2B satisfies the second half. English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and French Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Three years of high school French or two years with a B plus average Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Formerly known as: 2B English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and French Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT R3A English Composition in
Connection with Reading of World and
Hispanic Literature 5 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007 Expository writing done in connection with the reading of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature and the study of selected Spanish texts read in the original. Course will help prepare students for more advanced work in Spanish. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition Requirement. English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and Hispanic Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Three years of high school Spanish or two years with a B
- average Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and Hispanic Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT R3B English Composition in
Connection with Reading of World and
Hispanic Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 Expository writing done in connection with the reading of selected masterpieces of ancient and modern literature and the study of selected Spanish texts read in the original. Course will help prepare students for more advanced work in Spanish. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition Requirement. This course is in-person. English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and Hispanic Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Three years of high school Spanish or two years with a B plus average Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Alternative to final exam. English Composition in Connection with Reading of World and Hispanic Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017 The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to fifteen freshmen. Freshman Seminar: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Freshman Seminar: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 39H Freshman/Sophomore Seminar
2 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2011 Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Enrollment limits are set by the faculty, but the suggested limit is 25. Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required. Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-]
COM LIT N40 Women and Literature 3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2002 10 Week Session, Summer 2001 10 Week Session, Summer 1999 10 Week Session A study of women as portrayed in literature, and of women writers. Selected readings on a topic which varies from summer to summer, detailed consideration of both literary techniques and the problems of women. Women and Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Women and Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 41A Introduction to Literary Forms:
Forms of the Epic 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2010, Spring 2008, Fall 2006 Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Epic: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Epic: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 41C Introduction to Literary Forms:
Forms of the Novel 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Summer 2010 Second 6 Week Session Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Novel: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Novel: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 41D Introduction to Literary Forms:
Forms of the Drama 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2009, Spring 2007 Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Drama: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Drama: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 41E Introduction to Literary Forms:
Forms of the Cinema 4 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2019, Fall 2017 Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Cinema: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Introduction to Literary Forms: Forms of the Cinema: Read Less [-]
COM LIT N41A Introduction to Literary
Forms: The Epic 3 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007 Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Epic: Read More [+] Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Epic: Read Less [-]
COM LIT N41B Introduction to Literary
Forms: The Lyric 3 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007 Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Lyric: Read More [+] Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Lyric: Read Less [-]
COM LIT N41C Introduction to Literary
Forms: The Novel 3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2003 10 Week Session, Summer 1998 10 Week Session Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Novel: Read More [+] Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Novel: Read Less [-]
COM LIT N41D Introduction to Literary
Forms: The Drama 3 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007 Comparative study of masterpieces of world literature. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Drama: Read More [+] Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Introduction to Literary Forms: The Drama: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 80AC Out of Place in America 4
Units
Terms offered: Spring 2022 COMPLIT 80AC: Out of Place in America, is a literature-based course that maps histories and ongoing practices of exclusion, displacement, and surveillance in the United States as narrated in works by Native American, African American, Latinx and Asian American writers. Out of Place in America: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructor: Piatote Out of Place in America: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 98 Directed Group Study for
Freshmen and Sophomores 1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014 Group study in a field that may not coincide with that of any regular course and must be specific enough to enable students to write essays based upon their studies. Directed Group Study for Freshmen and Sophomores: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Lower division standing Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week Summer: 6 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Directed Group Study for Freshmen and Sophomores: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 98BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate. Course may be repeated for credit. Berkeley Connect: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of directed group study per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Instructor: Kaufman Berkeley Connect: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 100 Introduction to Comparative
Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 An introduction to problems of the comparative study of literature and culture. Emphasis on principles of comparative methods and analysis with focus on selected literary, critical, and theoretical texts from antiquity to the present. Readings in English. Introduction to Comparative Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Introduction to Comparative Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 100A Introduction to Comparative
Literature: Literature and Philosophy 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020 An introduction to problems of the comparative study of literatures of the world in international and cross-cultural perspective along with philosophical texts and approaches. Emphasis on principles of comparative methods and analysis with focus on issues of philosophy and ethics along with selected literary, critical, and theoretical texts. Readings in English. Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literature and Philosophy: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructors: Zhang, Butler, Francois, Volpp Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literature and Philosophy: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 100B Introduction to Comparative
Literature: Society and Culture 4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007 An introduction to problems of the comparative study of literatures of the world in international and cross-cultural perspective. Emphasis on principles of comparative methods and analysis with focus on contemporary social and cultural issues in at least one foreign culture along with selected literary, critical, and theoretical texts. Readings in English. Introduction to Comparative Literature: Society and Culture: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Instructor: Kurke Introduction to Comparative Literature: Society and Culture: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 100C Introduction to Comparative
Literature: Literary and Cultural History 4
Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007 An introduction to problems of the comparative study of literature and historical study. Emphasis on principles of comparative methods and analysis with focus on selected literary, critical, and theoretical texts from antiquity to the present. Readings in English. Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literary and Cultural History: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Instructors: Kahn, Bezner, Ram, Largier Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literary and Cultural History: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 100D Introduction to Comparative
Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020 An introduction to problems of the comparative study of literatures of the world in international and cross-cultural perspective. Emphasis on principles of comparative methods and analysis with focus on contemporary social and cultural issues in at least one foreign culture along with selected literary, critical, and theoretical texts. Readings in English. Introduction to Comparative Literature: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructors: Britto, Spackman, Sas, Kronfeld Introduction to Comparative Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 153 The Renaissance 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2017 European literature of the Renaissance. The Renaissance: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Upper division standing or permission of the instructor. Graduate students wishing to enroll must know at least one foreign language relevant to the materials studied Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. The Renaissance: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 154 Eighteenth- and 19th-Century
Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020 Literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. Eighteenth- and 19th-Century Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Upper division standing or consent of instructor. Graduate students wishing to enroll must know at least one foreign language relevant to the materials studied Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Eighteenth- and 19th-Century Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 155 The Modern Period 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020 Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Modern Period: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Upper division standing or permission of the instructor. Graduate students wishing to enroll must know at least one foreign language relevant to the materials studied Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5-8 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. The Modern Period: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 156 Fiction and Culture of the
Americas 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 Comparative study of American, Native-American, Spanish-American, Caribbean, and Brazilian literature and culture. Readings chosen to illustrate diverse attitudes of Americans toward their culture, politics, and environment. Fiction and Culture of the Americas: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Fiction and Culture of the Americas: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 156AC On line: Fiction and Culture
of the Americas 4 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2023 8 Week Session, Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Summer 2021 8 Week Session Study of the ethnic diversity of American literature. Topics will vary from semester to semester, but may include such themes as Cultures of the City, Gender, Race, Ethnicity in U.S. Literature, Race and Identity. Students should consult the department's course bulletin well before the beginning of the semester for details. On line: Fiction and Culture of the Americas: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Summer: 8 weeks - 3 hours of web-based lecture and 1 hour of web- based discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructor: McEnaney On line: Fiction and Culture of the Americas: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 160AC Topics in Literatures of
American Cultures - Poetry 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021 The course takes account—indeed, it focuses on—the modern American lyric poetry, approached both aesthetically and politically, of African American, indigenous peoples of the United States, Asian Americans, and Chicanos/Latinos, as well as European Americans. The course also presents substantial critical materials—philosophy, criticism, historiography, some sociology—by authors from those groups, writings that are about, or in crucial relation to, the poetry that will be the course’s primary focus. Topics in Literatures of American Cultures - Poetry: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Instructor: Kaufman Topics in Literatures of American Cultures - Poetry: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 165 Myth and Literature 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019 Study of the earliest myth texts and of the progressive growth of literature out of myth to the present day. Myth and oral composition. Emphasis on the meanings of myth as reflected in varying idioms. Myth and Literature: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Myth and Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 170 Special Topics in Comparative
Literature 1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 An independent studies course designed to fulfill a need intrinsic to the undergraduate major's program which cannot otherwise be satisfied because it involves either a literature not covered in regularly scheduled course offerings or a special methodological framework or bias of selection. Special Topics in Comparative Literature: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Special Topics in Comparative Literature: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 198BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate. Course may be repeated for credit. Berkeley Connect: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of directed group study per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Instructor: Kaufman Berkeley Connect: Read Less [-]
COM LIT 199 Supervised Independent Study
and Research 1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 Enrollment restrictions apply. Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week Summer: 6 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Comparative Literature/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read Less [-]
