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COMPARATIVE
LITERATURE AND HISTORY
OF IDEAS
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The program in Comparative Literature and
History of Ideas provides an
opportunity for interdisciplinary
and comparative study. Like the
Humanities major, it brings
together courses from many
departments, but here the student
will choose courses which center
in at least two literary,
cultural and intellectual
traditions and which seek to get
at the underlying assumptions and
attitudes of different literary
and intellectual worlds. The
goals of the program are to
enable students to see from a
variety of viewpoints and
perspectives and to encourage
independent, critical thinking.
Further, by emphasizing the
critical analysis of primary
texts and cultural comparison,
the program seeks to foster a
sense of the importance of
rigorous methodology in
investigation, while revealing
the inherent limitations of any
particular system of inquiry. As
a unique approach to liberal and
humanistic studies, the program
provides a solid basis for
post-graduate study in, for
example, law, education,
journalism, administration,
comparative literature, or
discipline-based area
studies.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPARATIVE
LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF IDEAS
MAJOR
This program is a contract major
in which the student and his/her
advisor(s) together establish a
program that closely meets the
student's needs. Students are
strongly encouraged to ground
their studies in the literature
and thought of a particular
foreign language area and to work
out their entire program by the
end of their sophomore year.
Twelve courses are required
for completion of the major,
including:
CLHI
250 Introduction to
Comparative Literature (1)
CLHI
497
(W)
Humanities
Senior
Seminar
(1)
Ten additional courses
(10)
STIPULATIONS
The
student
will
take
four
courses
in
each
of
two
language/culture
areas.
At
least
one
area
must
be
from
a
non-English
speaking
tradition
(e.g.,
Chinese,
French,
German,
Greek,
Japanese,
Latin,
Russian,
or
Spanish).
The
student
should
attempt,
in
so
far
as
possible,
to
enroll
in
parallel
courses
in
the
different
areas
(i.e.,
courses
that
cover
the
same
time
period
or
that
have
a
similar
thematic
focus).
Of
the
four
courses
in
a
non-English
area,
one
can
be
a
course
taught
in
translation.
All
courses,
whether
in
English
or
the
target
language,
must
cover
literary
and/or
intellectual
traditions;
upper
division
language
courses
(such
as
Composition
and
Discussion)
will
not
satisfy
the
language/culture
area
requirements.
The
student
will
take
two
electives,
related
to
either
the
language/culture
areas,
or
time
period,
or
theme
of
specialization.
These
electives
will
include
the
history
courses
most
appropriate
to
the
areas.
No
more
than
five
courses
in
the
major
may
be
below
the
300
level.
FACULTY
Gaetano
DeLeonibus,
Associate
Professor
of
French
Sammy
Basu, Associate Professor of Politics
Maria
Blanco-Arnejo,
Professor
of
Spanish
Mark
Conliffe,
Assistant
Professor
of
Russian
Seth
Cotlar,
Assistant
Professor
of
History
Bill
Duvall,
Professor
of
History
Ludwig
Fischer,
Professor
of
German
Amadou
Fofana,
Assistant
Professor
of
French
Ronald
Loftus,
Professor
of
Japanese
Carol
Long,
Professor
of
English
and
Dean
of
College
of
Liberal
Arts
Sally
Markowitz,
Professor
of
Philosophy
Frann
Michel,
Associate
Professor
of
English
Claudia
Nogueira,
Instructor
of
English
Ken
Nolley,
Professor
of
English
April
Overstreet,
Assistant
Professor
of
Spanish
Patricia
Varas,
Professor
of
Spanish
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
CLHI
210 (IT) Oral Tradition and Performance in African
Literature (1) [Crosslisted with ANTH 210 and
FREN 210]
This
course explores how contemporary written literature
in Africa continues to derive a great deal of
its vitality from older traditions of verbal art.
Initially the course will examine sample texts
from the oral tradition. It will next focus on
representative texts by major African writers
whose works have made use of said oral tradition
as well as examine their social and political
contexts. The principal concern of the course
will be the analysis of the aesthetic implications
of the transposition of oral techniques and structural
features into the medium of the written/printed
word. Conducted in English. Interpreting Texts.
Annually. Fofana
CLHI
250 Introduction to Comparative Literature and
History of Ideas (1)
This course will
introduce students to the nature of inquiry in
comparative literature and intellectual history,
emphasizing modes of textual criticism, reading
texts in historical and cultural contexts, and
reading texts across national, cultural and linguistic
boundaries. Students will be encouraged to read
works in the original language whenever possible.
Alternate years, spring. Staff
CLHI
491 Independent Study in
Comparative Literature and
History of Ideas (1)
Directed
reading and/or research in
Comparative Literature and
History of Ideas. Open only to
juniors or seniors, and
designated specifically as an
alternative means for completion
of the senior experience in
Comparative Literature and
History of Ideas when Humanities
Senior Seminars useful to a
student are unavailable.
Annually. Staff
CLHI
497
(W)
Humanities
Senior
Seminar
(1)
[Crosslisted
with
HUM
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