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Comparative Literature 1 Comparative Literature 1 COLT 0710N A Comparative Introduction to the Comparative Literature Literatures of the Americas COLT 0710X Fan Fiction COLT 0710Z Comedy from Athens to Hollywood Chair COLT 0711H The Arabic Novel Susan Bernstein COLT 0711Q Writing Love in Korean Literature Comparative literature is the study of literature and other cultural COLT 0810H How Not to Be a Hero expressions across linguistic and cultural boundaries. At Brown, the COLT 0810I Tales and Talemakers of the Non-Western Department of Comparative Literature is distinct in its conviction that World literary research and instruction must be international in character. The COLT 0810L The Pursuit of Happiness department performs a role similar to that of the study of international relations, but works with languages and artistic traditions, so as COLT 0811I Classical Mythology and the Western to understand cultures "from the inside." Both the department’s Tradition undergraduate and graduate programs are held to be among the finest in COLT 1210 Introduction to the Theory of Literature the country. COLT 1310N Global Modernism and Crisis For additional information, please visit the department's website: http:// COLT 1310Q England and the Renaissance www.brown.edu/Departments/Comparative_Literature/ (ENGL 1311N) COLT 1420E The Nineteenth-Century Novel (ENGL Comparative Literature Concentration 1561I) COLT 1420F Fantastic and Existentialist Literatures of Requirements Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil The concentration in Comparative Literature enables students to study COLT 1420O Proust, Joyce and Faulkner an illustrative range of literary topics and to develop a focused critical COLT 1422L The Modernist Novel: Alienation and understanding of how cultures differ from one another and what those Narration differences mean. Our courses provide opportunities to engage with literary works across linguistic and cultural boundaries, exploring the COLT 1430B Art and Exemplarity in Medieval and Early traditions and innovations of the literatures of the world. Modern Literature In the spirit of Brown’s Open Curriculum, a concentration in Comparative COLT 1430D Critical Approaches to Chinese Poetry Literature affords great academic freedom. Advanced literature courses COLT 1431B Modern Arabic Poetry from any literature department at Brown count for concentration credit. Any COLT 1431C Poets, Poetry, and Politics language —ancient or modern—supported at Brown may form part of a COLT 1431F Reading Modernist Poetry Comparative Literature concentration program. All students take a course COLT 1440P Nationalism and Transnationalism in Film in literary theory and have the opportunity to complete a senior essay. and Fiction There are three concentration tracks and requirements: COLT 1440U The Listener (Literature, Theory, Film) • Track 1: Comparative Literature in Two Languages COLT 1440X Shéhérazades : Depicting the "Orientale" • Track 2: Comparative Literature in Three Languages in Modern French Culture • Track 3: Literary Translation COLT 1610A The Sublime (ENGL 1901N) Genre and Period Requirements for all concentrators: COLT 1610B Irony • One course in each literary genre (poetry, narrative, and drama/film) COLT 1610V The Promise of Being: Heidegger for • Courses must cover at least three different historical periods (such as, Beginners Antiquity; Middle Ages; Renaissance/Early Modern; Enlightenment; COLT 1710C Literary Translation Workshop Modern: 19th-21st centuries). COLT 1810P Literature and Medicine Track 1: Concentration in Comparative COLT 1811L Travel, Tourism, Trafficking through the Ages Literature in two languages COLT 1813M Making a List Ten literature courses including: COLT 1813N Early Modern Women's Writing • COLT 1210 Introduction to the Theory of Literature COLT 1814U Politics of Reading • At least two advanced (1000-level) courses in each of the two COLT 1815T Censorship and the Arts (HMAN 1975F) literatures chosen COLT 2650B Speed: Fast and Slow in Literature and • At least five courses from Comparative Literature and other literature Philosophy departments (up to two 100-level courses may count in this category). COLT 2650W Vision and Visualization in Literature: The Examples of courses that may fulfill the requirements, Rhetoric of Enargeia (CLAS 2110K) above, include but are not limited to the following. Students COLT 2720C Literary Translation are encouraged to discuss class choices with their advisor. COLT 2720D Translation: Theory and Practice COLT 0510F Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, The Men and the Myths COLT 2820A New Directions for Comparative Literature COLT 0510K The 1001 Nights COLT 2820M Discourses of the Senses COLT 0510P Reading the Renaissance COLT 2830B Frameworks of Antiquity: Disciplines, Discourses, Politics COLT 0610D Rites of Passage COLT 2830D Retouch: The Imaginaries of Repair COLT 0610Q Before Wikipedia (HMAN 2401E) COLT 0710C Introduction to Scandinavian Literature COLT 0710I New Worlds: Reading Spaces and Places in Colonial Latin America Comparative Literature 1 2 Comparative Literature Track 2: Concentration in Comparative COLT 1811L Travel, Tourism, Trafficking through the Ages Literature in three languages COLT 1813M Making a List Ten literature courses including: COLT 1813N Early Modern Women's Writing • COLT 1210 Introduction to the Theory of Literature COLT 1814U Politics of Reading • At least two advanced (1000-level) courses in each of the three COLT 1815T Censorship and the Arts (HMAN 1975F) literatures chosen COLT 2650B Speed: Fast and Slow in Literature and • At least three courses from Comparative Literature and other literature Philosophy departments (up to two 100-level courses may count in this category). COLT 2650W Vision and Visualization in Literature: The Examples of courses that may fulfill the requirements, Rhetoric of Enargeia (CLAS 2110K) above, include but are not limited to the following courses. COLT 2720C Literary Translation Students are encouraged to discuss class choices with their COLT 2720D Translation: Theory and Practice advisor. COLT 2820A New Directions for Comparative Literature COLT 0510F Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, The Men and the Myths COLT 2830B Frameworks of Antiquity: Disciplines, Discourses, Politics COLT 0510K The 1001 Nights COLT 2830D Retouch: The Imaginaries of Repair COLT 0510P Reading the Renaissance (HMAN 2401E) COLT 0610D Rites of Passage COLT 2820M Discourses of the Senses COLT 0610Q Before Wikipedia COLT 0710C Introduction to Scandinavian Literature Track 3: Concentration in Literary Translation COLT 0710I New Worlds: Reading Spaces and Places Ten courses including: in Colonial Latin America • COLT 1210 Introduction to the Theory of Literature COLT 0710N A Comparative Introduction to the • COLT 1710 Literary Translation Literatures of the Americas • At least one course in linguistics (including COLT 2720 Literary COLT 0710X Fan Fiction Translation and history of the language courses). COLT 0710Z Comedy from Athens to Hollywood • At least one workshop in Literary Arts COLT 0711H The Arabic Novel • A least two advanced (1000-level) courses in each of the two COLT 0711Q Writing Love in Korean Literature literatures chosen COLT 0810H How Not to Be a Hero • At least two courses from Comparative Literature and other literature departments (up to two 100-level courses may count in this category). COLT 0810I Tales and Talemakers of the Non-Western • A senior thesis, eligible for Honors, consisting of substantial work in World translation with a critical introduction. Completing a thesis is required COLT 0810L The Pursuit of Happiness of all Track 3 students but does not guarantee departmental honors. COLT 0811I Classical Mythology and the Western Tradition Examples of courses that may fulfill the requirements, above, include but are not limited to the following courses. COLT 1210 Introduction to the Theory of Literature Students are encouraged to discuss class choices with their COLT 1310N Global Modernism and Crisis advisor. COLT 1310Q England and the Renaissance COLT 0510F Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, The Men (ENGL 1311N) and the Myths COLT 1420E The Nineteenth-Century Novel (ENGL COLT 0510K The 1001 Nights 1561I) COLT 0510P Reading the Renaissance COLT 1420F Fantastic and Existentialist Literatures of COLT 0610D Rites of Passage Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil COLT 0610Q Before Wikipedia COLT 1420O Proust, Joyce and Faulkner COLT 0710C Introduction to Scandinavian Literature COLT 1422L The Modernist Novel: Alienation and COLT 0710I New Worlds: Reading Spaces and Places Narration in Colonial Latin America COLT 1430B Art and Exemplarity in Medieval and Early COLT 0710N A Comparative Introduction to the Modern Literature Literatures of the Americas COLT 1430D Critical Approaches to Chinese Poetry COLT 0710X Fan Fiction COLT 1431B Modern Arabic Poetry COLT 0710Z Comedy from Athens to Hollywood COLT 1431C Poets, Poetry, and Politics COLT 0711H The Arabic Novel COLT 1431F Reading Modernist Poetry COLT 0711Q Writing Love in Korean Literature COLT 1440P Nationalism and Transnationalism in Film COLT 0810H How Not to Be a Hero and Fiction COLT 1440U The Listener (Literature, Theory, Film) COLT 0810I Tales and Talemakers of the Non-Western World COLT 1440X Shéhérazades : Depicting the "Orientale" COLT 0810L The Pursuit of Happiness in Modern French Culture COLT 1610A The Sublime (ENGL 1901N) COLT 0811I Classical Mythology and the Western Tradition COLT 1610B Irony COLT 1210 Introduction to the Theory of Literature COLT 1610V The Promise of Being: Heidegger for COLT 1310N Global Modernism
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