Comparative Literature
COML 5000-3. Proseminar. Introduces basic issues in comparative literature and basic problems in literary history. Provides an overview of history and rationale of the discipline, traditional areas of research, and recent developments. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5350-3. Studies in Prose Narrative. Examines both short and long narrative prose fiction from a variety of periods and from diverse national literatures. Focuses on issues of defining genre and on the origins and significance of narrative prose within its cultural context. May be repeated once for credit. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5352-3. Russian Novel: Theory and Practice. Examines the Russian novel and its evolution as well as Western and Russian theories of the novel as they engage and reflect upon the claims of modernity. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required. Same as GSLL 5352.
COML 5360-3. Studies in Drama. Covers selected drama topics using a comparative approach. May be repeated once for credit. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5370-3. Studies in Poetry. Explores topics and problems in rhetoric and poetic practice from antiquity to the present day. May be repeated once for credit. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5410-3. Translation. Review of theories and practices of literary translation in their linguistic, historical, cultural, and other contexts. Translation of literary and other works from chosen foreign languages, commentaries, and analyses. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5504-3. Goethe’s Faust. Systematic study of the Faust motif in Western literature, with major emphasis on Faust I and II by Goethe and Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required. Same as HUMN 4504 and GRMN 5504.
COML 5540-3. Studies in the Baroque. Explores the literary, intellectual, and aesthetic culture of the European baroque of the late 16th and 17th centuries through different topics pertinent to this period. Presents an interdisciplinary analysis of baroque literature, philosophy, science, and art. Illuminates the complex historical transition from the Renaissance to the modernity of the Enlightenment. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5610-3. Introduction to Literary Theory. Covers major trends in 20th-century critical thinking. May be repeated once for credit. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5620-3. History of Literary Criticism. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5660-3. Themes, Motifs, and Characters. May be repeated once for credit. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 5830-3. Topics in Literature and History. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required. Same as GSLL 5830.
COML 5840 (1-3). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.
COML 6040-3. Seminar: A Selected Topic. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.
COML 6940 (1-3). Candidate for Degree.
COML 6950 (1-6). Master’s Thesis.
COML 6970-3. Colloquium in Comparative Literature. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
COML 7840 (1-3). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.
COML 8990 (1-10). Doctoral Dissertation.
