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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES in COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

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201 Introduction to Pre-Modern Literatures / Impact on the Modern World (3 cr.)

202 Introduction to Modern & Contemporary Literatures (3 cr.)

203 Introduction to Cross-Cultural Literary Forms (3 cr.)

205 Introduction to the Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, in and beyond the U.S. (3 cr.)

236 Bascom Course (3 cr.)

287 Introduction to Masterpieces of Literature I for Honors (4 cr.)

288 Introduction to Masterpieces of Literature II for Honors (4 cr.)

289 Introduction to Literary Forms for Honors (4 cr.)

310 Introduction to Critical Reading and Theory (3-4 cr.)

341 Women and Literature (3-4 cr.)

351 Lyric (3-4 cr.)

352 Epic (3-4 cr.)

353 Drama (3-4 cr.)

354 Novel and Short Story (3-4 cr.)

358 Problems in genre and mode (3-4 cr.)

368 Literature and ideas (3-4 cr.)

371 Literary criticism (3-4 cr.)

372 Literary movements and trends (3-4 cr.)

374 Bilateral literary relations (3-4 cr.)

375 Literature and related disciplines (3-4 cr.)

377 Literary periods (3-4 cr.)

378 Literary backgrounds (3-4 cr.)

379 Literature and ethnic experience (3-4 cr.)

466 Literature and the other arts (3-4 cr.)

473 Thematics (3-4 cr.)

475 Poetics and literary theory (3-4 cr.)

681- 82 Senior honors thesis (2-3 cr.)

690 Proseminar on comparative research topics (3 cr.)

691- 92 Senior thesis (2-3 cr.)

699 Directed study (1-6 cr.)