Introduction to Comparative Literature and Society (Undergraduate)

Introduction to concepts and methods of comparative literature in cross-disciplinary and global context. Topics include: oral, print, and visual culture; epic, novel, and nation; literature of travel, exile, and diaspora; sex and gender transformation; the human/inhuman; writing trauma; urban imaginaries; world literature. Open only to students intending to declare a major in Comparative Literature and Society or Medicine, Literature, and Society in spring 2013.