Undergraduate Courses Fall 2008

CLASSICS

CLS 215-I CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

An introduction to the gods and heroes of ancient Greece, especially as they are represented in literary works. We will pay special attention to how Greek mythology compares to the mythology of contemporary American culture as it is expressed in contemporary literature and cinema.

Advisory Prerequisite: One course in literature

3 credits

LEC:MW11:45 AM – 12:40 PM  JAVITS LECTR 110 
K. GABBARD

R01:F 11:45 AM – 12:40 PM HARRIMAN HALL 112 TBA

R02:F 11:45 AM – 12:40 PM PHYSICS P113 TBA

R03: F 11:45 AM – 12:40 PM  HARRIMAN HALL 108 TBA

R04―F 11:45AM – 12:40PM HUMANITIES 3018 TBA

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Some courses offered in Africana Studies (AFS), Art, History (ARH), English (EGL), European Languages,Literatures and Cultures (FRN, GER, ITL, RUS), and Hispanic Languages and Literatures (SPN) may be used to fulfill the Comparative Literature (CLT)major or minor requirements. Students are urged to consult with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

CLT 212-I LITERARY SURVEY: ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH MODERN

S. CONNOLLY

Historical and analytical study of representative works illustrating medieval epic, romance, and lyric. The course also examines the beginnings of humanism through the late Renaissance.

Prerequisite: One course in literature

3 credits

LEC-TU TH 2:20 PM -3:40PM SB UNION 226

CLT 266-G 20TH-CENTURY NOVEL

A.C. BURROWS

Major works and developments in the modern and

contemporary novel. This course is offered as both

CLT 266 and EGL 266.

3 credits

LEC―TUTH 5:20 PM – 6:40 PM JAVITS LECTR 101        

CLT 335.01-G AMERICAN FILM STARDOM

J. REICH

What is a film star? How did film stardom evolve in American cinema and American culture in general? How does it shape them? In this course we will answer those questions and many more by looking at case studies of particular stars from the silent era (Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Sessue Hayakawa) and the Golden Years of Hollywood cinema (Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner) to the present (Clint Eastwood, Jane Fonda, Eddie Murphy, and many others). Our emphasis will be on how stars engage with film texts and the extracinematic discourses that surround them, as well as issues of race, class and gender. This course satisfies DEC-G, and is an approved upper-division film requirement for the CCS, HUM and CLT majors.

Prerequisite: Completion of DEC D

Advisory Prerequisites: CCS 101, HUM 201, or HUM202

3 credits

LEC – MW 11:45 AM – 12:40 PM HUMANITIES 3018
LAB – TU 6:50 PM - 8:50 PM HUMANITIES 3017                       

CLT 361-G LITERATURE AND SOCIETY
W. JIANG

An inquiry, interdisciplinary in nature, into the relationship between the events and materials of political and social history and their effect on the form and content of the literature of a period. Also subsumed under the rubric Literature and Society is the topic Literature and Psychology. Semester supplements to this Bulletin contain specific description when course is offered. May be repeated for credit as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing

Advisory Prerequisites: Two courses in literature 3 credits

LEC – TUTH 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM LIFE SCIENCE 30

CLT 391-J AFRICAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES  

P. NGANANG

Intensive study of multiple African traditions through their history, culture, and literature. The course will insist particularly on novels that address the shifting boundaries of the African continent, both in terms of ideology and of geo-political reality. As such, Ancient Egyptian texts will be confronted with literary productions from Classical Romance culture, and with slave narratives, to address the way through which literature is influenced by the general politics of mobility.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; completion of DEC B 3 credits

LEC – M 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM MELVILLE LBR N5004
LEC – W 11:45 AM – 12:40 PM MELVILLE LBR N5004                    

CLT 475, 476 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING PRACTICUM I, II

Work with a faculty member as an assistant in one of the faculty member’s regularly scheduled classes. The student is required to attend all the classes, do all the regularly assigned work, and meet with the faculty member at regularly scheduled times to discuss the intellectual and pedagogical matters relating to the course. In CLT 476, students assume greater responsibility in such areas as leading discussions and analyzing results of tests that have already been graded. Students may not serve as teaching assistants in the same course twice.

Prerequisites to CLT 475: U4 standing; permission of instructor and chairperson.

Prerequisites to CLT 476: CLT 475; permission of instructor and chairperson

by appointment     J. REICH

CLT 487 - INDEPENDENT READING AND RESEARCH

Intensive reading and research on a special topic undertaken with close faculty supervision. May be repeated.

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department

by appointment    J. REICH