Courses - C LIT Autumn 2024

Listings for future quarters are tentative and subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, including instructor and location, please consult the UW Time Schedule. For a listing of all courses potentially offered, see the Course Catalog.

Autumn 2024

C LIT 200 B: Introduction to Literature

  • T 2:30pm - 4:20pm
SLN: 12117
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Reading, understanding, and enjoying literature from various countries, in different forms of expression (e.g., dramatic, lyric, narrative, rhetorical) and of representative periods. Emphasis on the comparative study of themes and motifs common to many literatures of the world.

C LIT 200 BD: Introduction to Literature

  • Th 1:30pm - 2:20pm
SLN: 12121
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Reading, understanding, and enjoying literature from various countries, in different forms of expression (e.g., dramatic, lyric, narrative, rhetorical) and of representative periods. Emphasis on the comparative study of themes and motifs common to many literatures of the world.

C LIT 250 A: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literature and Culture

  • TTh 11:30am - 1:20pm
SLN: 12133
Department Requirements Met:
  • Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
  • SSc
  • A&H
Study of literature in its relation to culture. Focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values.

C LIT 250 B: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literature and Culture

  • TTh 1:30pm - 3:20pm
SLN: 12134
Department Requirements Met:
  • Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
  • SSc
  • A&H
Study of literature in its relation to culture. Focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values.

C LIT 250 C: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literature and Culture

  • MTWTh 12:30pm - 1:20pm
SLN: 12135
Department Requirements Met:
  • Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
  • SSc
  • A&H
Study of literature in its relation to culture. Focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values.

C LIT 251 A: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Themes

  • MW 1:30pm - 3:20pm
SLN: 12136
Department Requirements Met:
  • Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
  • W
Reading and analyzing literature based upon rotating themes such as love, sex, and murder, haunted houses, and dreams and memory. Selections drawn from European, English, and American literature, not limited to period and genre.

C LIT 295 A: Comparative Literature Study Abroad

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12138
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Equivalency for 200-level C LIT courses taken on UW Study Abroad programs or direct exchanges.

C LIT 321 C: Studies in Literature of the Americas

  • TTh 10:30am - 12:20pm
SLN: 12140
Department Requirements Met:
  • Literature Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Emphasizes connections between twentieth century literature of the United States and Canada and current literature of Latin America. Emphasizes that, despite obvious differences, much is shared in terms of culture and national sensibility across the two continents.

C LIT 321 D: Studies in Literature of the Americas

  • TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm
SLN: 12141
Department Requirements Met:
  • Literature Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Emphasizes connections between twentieth century literature of the United States and Canada and current literature of Latin America. Emphasizes that, despite obvious differences, much is shared in terms of culture and national sensibility across the two continents.

C LIT 322 A: Studies in Asian and Western Literatures

  • TTh 5:00pm - 6:50pm
SLN: 23325
Department Requirements Met:
  • Literature Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Topics designated by individual instructors.

C LIT 360 A: Topics in Ancient and Medieval Literature

  • TTh 1:30pm - 3:20pm
SLN: 12142
Department Requirements Met:
  • Literature Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Explores topics in literature and cultures of the ancient and medieval worlds across national and regional cultures, such as particular movements, authors, genres, themes, or problems.

C LIT 360 B: Topics in Ancient and Medieval Literature

  • TTh 2:30pm - 4:20pm
SLN: 12143
Department Requirements Met:
  • Literature Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Explores topics in literature and cultures of the ancient and medieval worlds across national and regional cultures, such as particular movements, authors, genres, themes, or problems.

C LIT 362 A: Topics in Modern Literature

  • WF 10:30am - 12:20pm
SLN: 12145
Department Requirements Met:
  • Literature Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Explores topics in literature and cultures of the modern world (approximately 1800-present) across national and regional cultures, such as particular movements, authors, genres, themes, or problems.

C LIT 395 A: Comparative Literature Study Abroad

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12147
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Equivalency for 300-level C LIT courses taken on UW Study Abroad programs or direct exchanges.

C LIT 400 A: Introduction to Theory and Criticism

  • TThF 1:30pm - 2:20pm
SLN: 12149
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
A selection of major theoretical statements in the history of literary theory and criticism, with texts drawn from such fields as literary studies, aesthetic theory, film studies, philosophy, and cultural studies.

C LIT 490 A: Directed Study or Research

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12151
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Individual study of topics in comparative literature by arrangement with the instructor and the Comparative Literature office.

C LIT 491 A: Internship

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12152
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Supervised experience in local businesses and other agencies. Open to upper-division comparative literature and cinema studies majors.

C LIT 495 A: Honors Thesis

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12153
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Preparation of an Honors thesis under the direction and supervision of a faculty member.

C LIT 496 A: Special Studies in Comparative Literature

  • MWF 9:30am - 10:20am
SLN: 12154
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Offered occasionally by visitors or resident faculty. Content varies.

C LIT 590 A: Master of Arts Essay

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12156
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Research and writing project under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered: jointly with CMS 590; AWSpS.

C LIT 599 A: Special Seminar or Conference

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12157
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Group seminars or individual conferences scheduled to meet special needs. Prerequisite: permission of graduate program adviser. Offered: jointly with CMS 599.

C LIT 599 B: Special Seminar or Conference

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12158
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Group seminars or individual conferences scheduled to meet special needs. Prerequisite: permission of graduate program adviser. Offered: jointly with CMS 599.

C LIT 600 A: Independent Study or Research

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12159
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with CMS 600.

C LIT 700 A: Master's Thesis

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12160
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:

C LIT 800 A: Doctoral Dissertation

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12161
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with CMS 800.