Introduction to Comparative Literature and Society

Please note that CPLS V3900 and G4900 are not the same course.Introduction to concepts and methods of comparative literary and cultural study. Emphasis on comparative literature as a discipline, its relationship to theoretical currents, and to interdisciplinary areas of study. Topics include narrative and nation; subjectivity and identities; literature of travel, exile, and diaspora; oral, print, and visual culture; globalization. Open only to students intending to declare a major in Comparative Literature and Society in spring 2011.