Masterpieces of European Literature in English Translation 1&2(3L)
A study of representative masterpieces of Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, German and Slavic literatures. Assigned reading, lectures, discussion, essay writing.
LIT 261.3
Revolution and Dissidence in Protest Literature 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or LIT 100.
Selections from French, Germanic, Hispanic and Slavic literatures. All class lectures and readings in English. Authors studied may include Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Anouilh, Sartre, Brecht, Kafka, and Sembene Ousmane. Students majoring in Comparative Literature will have a one-hour tutorial each week to read and discuss in the original language the literary selections pertinent to their language specialization.
LIT 262.3
Exiles and Emigres in Expatriation 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or LIT 100.
Selections from French, Germanic, Hispanic and Slavic Literatures. All class lectures and readings in English. Selections may include works of Voltaire, Conrad, Nabokov, Gogol, Shevchenko, Paul Celan, Thomas Mann, Brecht, Martí;, Rubén Darío, Neruda, García Márquez. Students majoring in Comparative Literature will have a one-hour tutorial each week to read and discuss in the original language the literary selections pertinent to their language specialization.
LIT 263.3
Heroines Anti Heroines and Gender Definition in Literature 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or LIT 100.
Literary selections from French, Germanic, Hispanic and Slavic Literatures. All class lectures and readings in English. Selections may include Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Garc&iacut;a M&aacut;rquez's Erendira, Mérimée's Carmen, Christa Wolf's Cassandra, Kant's and Nietsche's commentaries about women. Students majoring in Comparative Literature will have a one-hour tutorial each week to read and discuss in the original language the literary selections pertinent to their language specialization.
LIT 264.3
Mephisto and Faust Knowledge Power Damnation and Redemption 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): ENG 110 or LIT 100.
The development of the Faust and Mephisto figures from the Renaissance to the twentieth century in literature and other media such as opera, ballet, and film. French, Germanic, Hispanic and Slavic works will be included. All class lectures and readings will be in English. Students majoring in Comparative Literature will have a one-hour tutorial each week to read and discuss in the original language the literary selections pertinent to their language specialization.
LIT 479.6
Honours Project 1&2(IS) Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units of Comparative Literature courses and permission of the department.
A reading course on a specialized topic combining the literatures of the student's two languages. This course will also provide an initiation into research methods leading to an honours thesis.
Special Topics
These courses are offered occasionally by visiting
faculty and in other special situations. Students interested in these courses should contact the department for more information.