Requirements: Comparative Literature Major (B.A.)
All BA or BSc degrees require the completion of a minimum 128 credits with a minimum GPA of 2.0.
For further degree requirements, please see our BA/BSc Requirements Page.
Global Liberal Arts Core Curriculum
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| Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| EN 2020 CCE (minimum grade of "C") | Writing & Criticism | EN1010 (minimum grade of "C") |
| FR 1200 CCF (or above) (minimum grade of "C") | Elementary French & Culture II | FR1100 (minimum grade of "C") |
| CCI 1 | Four Integrative Inquiry Courses (course type CCI) (May not overlap with major, at least one must be at AUP. All courses must be outside the major's disciplinary base.) Freshmen satisfy CCI courses as follows: FirstBridge (two courses) and two additional CCI courses outside the major discipline. FirstBridge courses may not replace major requirements. Transfer students satisfy CCI courses as follows: four CCI courses outside the major discipline; at least one CCI must be taken at AUP. |
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| CCX | Experiential Learning | |
| MA 1005 or Above (course type CCM) | Quantitative Reasoning | |
| Lab science course coded CCS | Experimental Reasoning | MA1005CCM or higher to be taken before or at the same time |
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS – 45 credits
(Minimum grade of “C-“ required in each course)
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| CL1025 | The World, the Text & the Critic I | [course:cl1025:prereq] |
| CL1050 | The World, the Text & the Critic II | [course:cl1050:prereq] |
| CL2085 (course type CCR) | Theory and Writing | [course:cl2085:prereq] |
| CL3020 or CL3035 |
Production, Translation, Creation, Publication or Contemporary World Literature |
[course:cl3020:prereq] or [course:cl3035:prereq] |
| CL4075 (course type CCC) | Portfolio | [course:cl4075:prereq] |
Survey Courses
SELECT Two COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST
NOTE: In selecting Survey and Elective courses, students must take at least one course from each of the three periods – Classical, Medieval & Renaissance
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|
| CL2059 | Tales from Europe | [course:cl2059:prereq] |
| CL/EN2051 | English Literature before 1800 | [course:cl2051:prereq] |
| CL/EN2052 | English Literature since 1800 | [course:cl2052:prereq] |
| *CL2054 | Modern Latin American & Spanish Literature | [course:cl2054:prereq] |
| CL/FR3032 | The Monstrous and Fabulous Renaissance (Renaissance) | [course:cl3032:prereq] |
| CL3035 | Contemporary World Literature | [course:cl3035:prereq] |
Electives
Select five courses from the lists below (or from the list above, if not already taken to meet the survey requirement)
Author Focus
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | PREREQUISITES |
|---|---|---|
| *CL3029 | Cervantes & Renaissance Comparative Literature (Renaissance) | [course:cl3029:prereq] |
| *CL3056 | Dostoevsky: Between Marginality & Madness | [course:cl3056:prereq] |
| *CL/ES3059 | Flaubert & Baudelaire: The Birth of Modernity | [course:cl3059:prereq] |
| *CL3063 | Kafka & World Literature | [course:cl3063:prereq] |
| CL3073 | Ulysses & British Modernism | [course:cl3073:prereq] |
| *CL3082 | Proust & Beckett | [course:cl3082:prereq] |
Theater & Film
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | PREREQUISITES |
|---|---|---|
| *CL/FR2075 | Theater in Paris | [course:cl2075:prereq] |
| *FR/FM3011 | Issues in Contemporary French Film & Literature | [course:fr3011:prereq] |
| CL/PL3030 | Philosophy & the Theatre | [course:cl3030:prereq] |
| CL/DR3038 | Shakespeare in Context (Renaissance) | [course:cl3038:prereq] |
| CL/FM3048 | Shakespeare & Film (Renaissance) | [course:cl3048:prereq] |
| CL/FM3069 | The Aesthetics of Crime Fiction | [course:cl3069:prereq] |
| CL/FM3080 | Brecht & Film | [course:cl3080:prereq] |
Genres & Literary Movements
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | PREREQUISITES |
|---|---|---|
| CL3002 | Word & Image: Literature & the Visual Arts | [course:cl3002:prereq] |
| CL3054 | Gothic, the Literature of Excess | [course:cl3054:prereq] |
| CL3100 | Writing Poetry: An Introduction & Workshop | [course:cl3100:prereq] |
Cities, History & Geopolitics
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | PREREQUISITES |
|---|---|---|
| CL2010 | Paris Through its Books | [course:cl2010:prereq] |
| CL/FM3034 | Paris Reel & Imagined: Perspectives on the City of Lights | [course:cl3034:prereq] |
| CL/ES3043 | The Attractions of Paris: Modernist Experiments in Migration | [course:cl3043:prereq] |
| CL3089 | Biblical Backgrounds: Literature and History | [course:cl3089:prereq] |
Theory & Gender
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | PREREQUISITES |
|---|---|---|
| CL/GS2006 | Contemporary Feminist Theory | [course:cl2006:prereq] |
| FR/LI2060 | Introduction to Linguistics | [course:fr2060:prereq] |
| CL3060 | Literature & the Political Imagination | [course:cl3060:prereq] |
| CL3075 | Queens, Fairies and Hags: The Romance of Medieval Gender | [course:cl3075:prereq] |
| CL3076 | Modern Sexualities in the Process of Writing | [course:cl3076:prereq] |
| CL3081 | Postcolonial Literatures & Theories | [course:cl3081:prereq] |
| *FR/PY3090 | Topics in Literature & Psychoanalysis | [course:py3090:prereq] |
Classical Antiquity
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | PREREQUISITES |
|---|---|---|
| *CL/PL3017 | Greek & Roman Key Texts (Classical) | [course:cl3017:prereq] |
| CL/LI 3028 | Empires of Language: Premodern Cosmopolitanism (Classical) | [course:cl3028:prereq] |
| CL/PL3114 | Imperial Rome: Philosophy, Literature, Society (Classical) | [course:cl3114:prereq] |
| CL/PL3116 | Socrates, Sophists, and the Stage (Classical) | [course:cl3116:prereq] |
| CL/PL3117 | Empire and the Individual: From Alexander to Caesar (Classical) | [course:pl3117:prereq] |
| LT/CL3050 | Intermediate Latin II (Classical) | LT2001, or placement |
| GK/CL3070 | Intermediate Ancient Greek II (Classical) | GK2005, or placement |
| LT/CL4050 | Advanced Study in Latin (Classical) | CL/LT3050, or placement |
| GK/CL4070 | Advanced Study in Ancient Greek (Classical) | CL/GK3070, or placement |
Changing Topics
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | PREREQUISITES |
|---|---|---|
| CL4091 | Interdisciplinary Topics in Literature | [course:cl4091:prereq] |
| CL4095 | Senior Project | [course:cl4095:prereq] |
*Original Language Option. Students taking courses marked with an asterisk may choose to read the texts in English translation or in the original non-English.
FREE ELECTIVES
Any courses desired – must complete a total of 128 credit hours to graduate.
HONORS
The department offers honors options to particularly motivated students; there is no GPA requirement. Students are nominated to honors by the department on the basis of a portfolio of work. Honors students in Comparative Literature must demonstrate intermediate proficiency in two languages other than English, and must have studied the primary texts for two of the major elective courses in the original (non- English) language, e.g. by taking a CL course with original language option. All honors students write a senior project, which may be an academic thesis or a piece of creative work, of around 40 pages or the equivalent.