Literature
Courses
Note: A list of specific course offerings (with names of
instructors for the following academic year) is available in the
undergraduate office of the Department of Literature, LIT 3110.
A list of graduate course offerings is available in the graduate
office, LIT 3140.
Undergraduate students may enroll in graduate seminars with the
consent of instructor and will receive a P/NP grade unless they
petition for a letter-grade option within the first four weeks of
the quarter in which the course is taken.
CHINESE LITERATURE
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature (4) Intended
for students who have the competence to read contemporary Chinese
texts, poetry, short stories, and criticism in vernacular Chinese.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Graduate
LTCO 202C. History of European Criticism and Aesthetics (4) A
core course for comparative literature, strongly recommended for
all graduate students in the comparative literature program. A historical
survey of criticism and aesthetics divided as follows: 202C, Romanticism
to late nineteenth century.
LTCO 210. Classical Studies (4) Analysis
of significant works of the Greek and Roman traditions, with attention
to their interest for later European literature. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTCO 212. Studies in the Hebrew Bible (4) Analysis
of books of the Hebrew Bible from literary, historical, archaeological,
theological, and psychological perspectives; text-critical and source-critical
study of the Hebrew text. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTCO 264. Oral Literature (4) An
introduction, through the study of recordings of actual oral performance
as well as of the written record, to research in oral literature
and the theoretical and methodological problems entailed. (Not offered
200203.)
LTCO 274. Genre Studies (4) A consideration
of a representative selection of works relating to a theme, form,
or literary genre. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTCO 281. Literature and Film (4) A study
of literature and film in relation to one another, to critical and
aesthetic theories, and to historical context. May be repeated for
credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: graduate standing or
consent of instructor.
LTCO 282. Literature and Philosophy (4) Questions
and problems from the history of philosophy or from the various
fields of philosophy (e.g., epistemology, ethics, logic) in their
interaction with intellectual issues and questions addressed by
literary criticism and theory. Repeatable for credit when topics
vary.
LTCO 295. M.A. Thesis (18) Research
for the masters thesis. Opened for repeated registration up
to eight units. (Satisfactory/Unsatisfac-tory grades only.) Prerequisite:
enrolled in M.A. program.
LTCO 296. Research Practicum (112) Research
project to be developed by a small group of students under the continued
direction of individual faculty members. Primarily a continuation
of a previous graduate seminar. The 296 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTCO 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (112) This
course may be designed according to an individual students
needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors
of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTCO 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (112) Similar
to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects
not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied
toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable
for credit.
LTCO 299. Dissertation (112) Research
for the dissertation. Offered for repeated registration. Open only
to Ph.D. students who have advanced to candidacy.
LITERATURE/CULTURAL STUDIES
Lower-Division
LTCS 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The
Freshman Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with
the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty
member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered
in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics
vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to
twenty students, with preference given to entering freshmen. No
prerequisites.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
LTCS 100. Theories and Methods in Cultural Studies (4) Reading
in some of the major theoretical texts that have framed work in
cultural studies, with particular emphasis on those drawn from critical
theory, studies in colonialism, cultural anthropology, feminism,
semiotics, gay/lesbian studies, historicism, and psychoanalytic
theory. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
LTCS 110. Popular Culture (4) A
reading of recent theory on popular culture and a study of particular
texts dealing with popular cultural practices, both contemporary
and noncontemporary, as sites of conflict and struggle. Repeatable
for credit when topics vary.
LTCS 115. Performance Culture (4) An
investigation of different types of performances such as theatrical
genres ranging from melodrama and minstrelsy to various cultural
rituals and speech acts. From the perspective of literary studies,
performance studies, postcolonial theory, ethnography and theatre
history, the course explores race, gender, sexuality, and nation
through performance. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or
consent of instructor.
LTCS 118. Comedy (4) Comedy
in fiction and film from ancient times to contemporary, including
the Bible, Aristophanes, Shakespeare, and modern writers and film
makers. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of
instructor.
LTCS 120. Historical Perspectives on Culture (4) The
course will explore the relation among cultural production, institutions,
history, and ideology during selected historical periods. In considering
different kinds of texts, relations of power and knowledge at different
historical moments will be discussed. Repeatable for credit when
topics vary.
LTCS 125. Cultural Perspectives on Immigration and Citizenship
(4) Introduction
to the studies of cultural dimensions of immigration and citizenship.
Examines the diverse cultural texts—literature, law, film,
music, the televisual images, etc., that both shape and are shaped
by immigration and the idea of citizenship in different national
and historical contexts. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
or consent of instructor.
LTCS 130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Culture (4) The
course will focus on the representation of gender, ethnicity, and
class in cultural production in view of various contemporary theories
of race, sex, and class. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTCS 135. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender Studies (4) Introduction
to interdisciplinary examination of human sexuality and, especially,
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities and desires.
Juxtaposes perspectives from humanities, social sciences, and natural
sciences. Introduces queer theory to understand sexuality in relation
to phenomena such as government, family, culture, medicine, race,
gender, and class.
LTCS 145. National Cultures in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts
(4) Studies of emergence of national
cultures under colonial rule and their transformations in the process
of decolonization. Investigation of ideological constructions of
such cultural institutions as modern national language, national
history and histiography, national literary canon, and folk literature
and culture. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent
of instructor.
LTCS 150. Topics in Cultural Studies (4) The
course will examine one or more forms of cultural production or
cultural practice from a variety of theoretical and historical perspectives.
Topics may include: contemporary debates on culture, genres of popular
music/fiction/film, AIDS and culture, the history of sexuality,
subcultural styles, etc. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTCS 160. Cultural Studies Approaches to Popular Music
(4) An investigation of different
types of popular music genres, cultures, and practices such as hip
hop, punk rock, R&B, jazz, country, and dance music cultures.
From the perspective of ethnography and cultural and performance
studies, the course explores race, gender, sexuality, and the negotiations
of local, as well as national communities and subcultures via popular
music. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
LTCS 170. Visual Culture (4) The
course will focus on visual practices and discourses in their intersection
and overlap, from traditional media, print, and photography to film,
video, TV, computers, medical scanners, and the Internet.
LTCS 198. Directed Group Study (4) Directed
group research, under the guidance of a member of the faculty, in
an area not covered in courses currently offered by the department.
(P/NP only.) Prerequisite: permission of the department.
LTCS 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Individual
reading in an area not covered in courses currently offered by the
department. (P/NP only.) Prerequisite: permission of the department.
Graduate
LTCS 201. Theories and Methods of Analysis in Cultural Studies
(4) Contemporary theories of cultural
studies. The seminar will concentrate on major interpretive approaches
drawn from several areas of cultural and political analysis, including
historicism, Marxist theory, feminism, structuralism, psychoanalytic
theory, semiotics, postmodernist studies, gay and lesbian studies,
and others. The particular focus and approach may vary. Repeatable
for credit. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
LTCS 210. History and Culture (4) This
seminar will focus on the cultural practices of a particular historical
period as a means of analyzing the relation between culture/ideology
and economic and political modes of production and domination. Topic,
historical period, and theoretical approach may vary. Repeatable
for credit. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
LTCS 220. Film/TV/Video Studies (4) The
seminar will concentrate on genres or subgenres within film/TV/video
studies or on a stand of film/ TV/video theory. Possible topics
may include: horror film, melodrama, sitcoms/soaps/talk shows, music
videos, black or queer cinema, etc. Repeatable for credit.
LTCS 225. Interdisciplinary and Historical Analysis
of Cultural Texts (4) The seminar will
focus on a particular historical period and examine a variety of
cultural texts vis-a-vis related historical, economic, political,
and sociological discourses. The conjunction and disjunction of
approaches will be explored in relation to specific texts. Repeatable
for credit.
LTCS 250. Topics in Cultural Studies (4) This
seminar will be organized around any of various topic areas relating
to cultural studies. These might include studies in colonialism,
historicism, gender, sexuality, social institutions, popular culture,
subaltern practices, etc. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
LTCS 255. Cultural Studies, Colonialism, and Decolonialism
(4) This course considers different approaches
to the study of colonialism in a variety of national contexts. Educational,
legal, religious, military, and cultural apparatuses of colonialism,
theories of decolonization, the “postcolonial” and feminist
critiques of “modernity”/modernization will also be
studied. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite:
graduate standing or consent of instructor.
LTCS 256. Cultural Studies of Technoscience (4) The
course will explore work in cultural studies, feminist studies,
and queer theory of scientific practices altering social relations,
cultural identities, and conceptions of “nature”. Issues
may include the AIDS pandemic, genetic research, electronic communities,
reproductive technologies, and other topics. May be repeated for
credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: graduate standing or
consent of instructor.
LTCS 296. Research Practicum (112) Research
project to be developed by a small group of students under the continued
direction of individual faculty members. Primarily a continuation
of a previous seminar. The 296 courses do not count toward the seminar
requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTCS 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (112) This
course may be designed according to an individual students
needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors
of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTCS 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (112) Similar
to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects
not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied
toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable
for credit.
LTCS 299. Dissertation (112) Research
toward the dissertation. Open only to Ph.D. students who have advanced
to candidacy. Repeatable for credit.
LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
Lower-Division
LTEN 21. Introduction to the Literature of the British Isles:
Pre-1660 (4) An introduction to the literatures
written in English in Britain before 1660, with a focus on the interaction
of text and history.
LTEN 22. Introduction to the Literature of the British Isles:
16601832 (4) An introduction to
the literatures written in English in Britain and Ireland between
1660 and 1832, with a focus on the interaction of text and history.
LTEN 23. Introduction to the Literature of the British Isles:
1832Present (4) An introduction
to the literatures written in English in Britain, Ireland, and the
British Empire (and the former British Empire) from 1832 to the
present, with a focus on the interaction of text and history.
LTEN 25. Introduction to the Literature of the United States,
Beginnings to 1865 (4) An introduction
to the literatures written in English in the United States from
the beginnings to 1865, with a focus on the interaction of text
and history.
LTEN 26. Introduction to the Literature of the United States,
1865 to the Present (4) An introduction
to the literatures written in English in the United States from
1865 to the present, with a focus on the interaction of text and
history.
LTEN 27. Introduction to African American Literature (4) A
lecture discussion course that examines a major topic or theme in
African American literature as it is developed over time and across
the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and belles lettres. A particular
emphasis of the course is how African American writers have adhered
to or departed from conventional definitions of genre.
LTEN 28. Introduction to Asian-American Literature (4) This
course provides an introduction to the study of the history, communities,
and cultures of different Asian-American people in the United States.
Students will examine different articulations, genres, conflicts,
narrative forms, and characterizations of the varied Asian experience.
LTEN 29. Introduction to Chicano Literature (4) This
course provides an introduction to the literary production of the
population of Mexican origin in the United States. Students will
examine a variety of texts dealing with the historical (social,
economic, and political) experiences of this heterogeneous population.
LTEN 60. Topics in Ethnic American Literature (4) A
lecture and discussion course that critically examines the literary
and cultural production emerging out of racialized, ethnic, and
immigrant communities in the United States. Course may include fiction,
poetry, novels, plays, popular culture, and film.
LTEN 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The
Freshman Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with
the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty
member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered
in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics
vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to
twenty students, with preference given to entering freshmen. No
prerequisites.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTEN 107. Chaucer (4) A study of
Chaucers poetic development, beginning with The Book of the
Duchess and The Parliament of Fowls, including Troilus and Criseyde,
and concluding with substantial selections from The Canterbury Tales.
LTEN 110. The Renaissance: Themes and Issues (4) Major
literary works of the Renaissance, an exciting period of social
and cultural transformation in England as elsewhere in Europe. Topics
may include a central theme (e.g., humanism, reformation, revolution),
a genre (e.g., pastoral), or comparison with other arts and sciences.
LTEN 112. Shakespeare I: The Elizabethan Period (4) A
lecture/discussion course exploring the development of Shakespeares
dramatic powers in comedy, history, and tragedy, from the early
plays to the middle of his career. Dramatic forms, themes, characters,
and styles will be studied in the contexts of Shakespeares
theatre and his society. Enrollment limited to upper-division students.
LTEN 113. Shakespeare II: The Jacobean Period (4) A
lecture/discussion course exploring the rich and varied achievements
of Shakespeares later plays, including the major tragedies
and late romances. Dramatic forms, themes, characters, and styles
will be studied in the contexts of Shakespeares theatre and
his society. Enrollment limited to upper-division students.
LTEN 114. Shakespeare III: Stage, Film, and Television (4) A
lecture/discussion/laboratory course involving the close study of
six to eight plays representative of Shakespeares artistic
career with particular emphasis upon the interrelation of Elizabethan
plays and the stage and the critical implications of transposing
plays to film and television. (Generally offered in summer session
only.)
LTEN 115A. The Sixteenth Century: Themes and Issues (4) Selected
topics concerned with sixteenth-century English literature as a
whole.
LTEN 117A. The Seventeenth Century: Themes and Issues (4) Selected
topics in English literature during a period of social change, religious
controversy, emergence of the “New Science”, and the
English Civil War. Readings chosen from writers including Jonson,
Donne, Bacon, Milton, Marvell, and Dryden, among others. Repeatable
for credit. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent
of instructor.
LTEN 118. Milton (4) A critical
examination of the major works, including Paradise Lost, by an author
who was both a central figure in English political life in a revolutionary
age and, in the view of most critics, the greatest non-dramatic
poet in the English language. The course will study his poetic development
in a variety of historical contexts.
LTEN 119. Restoration Literature (4) The
literature of a period following twenty years of civil war and revolution
which saw the reopening of theatres and the rise of the professional
writer. Topics may include Restoration comedy and tragedy; satire;
neoclassical literary theory.
LTEN 120A. The Eighteenth Century: Themes and Issues (4) Selected
topics in English literature during an age of satiric writing, the
shift from neoclassicism to romanticism, the emergence of the novel,
and the expansion of the reading and writing public among the middle
class and women. Writers such as Defoe, Pope, Swift, Richardson,
Johnson, Burney, Wollstonecraft. May be repeated for credit when
topics vary.
LTEN 120D. William Blake and the Age of Sensibility (4) A
study of the great visionary poet and artist, William Blake, in
the context of several of his eighteenth-century contemporaries,
such as Gray, Collins, Chatterton, and Cowper.
LTEN 120E. Women in the Eighteenth Century (4) Selected
topics concerning British women writers and readers in an age of
increasing female participation in print culture. Topics include
women writers; representations of women, domesticity, and the family
in the novel, in drama, in satire; early feminist writing; literary
constructions of gender. May be repeated for credit when topics
vary.
LTEN 124. The Nineteenth Century: Themes and Issues (4) Selected
topics in nineteenth-century British literature and culture, drawing
on both romantic and Victorian periods: e.g., relationships between
literature and imperialism, social and political debate, gender
issues, religion, or science; or continuities between romantic and
Victorian authors.
LTEN 125A. Romanticism: Themes and Issues (4) Selected
topics concerned with the romantic period as a whole.
LTEN 125B. First Generation Romantic Poets (4) The
poets who came of age during the French Revolution and who inaugurated
literary modes that continue in our own time: Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Blake, and their contemporaries.
LTEN 125C. Second Generation Romantic Poets (4) Byron,
Keats, Shelley, and their contemporaries.
LTEN 125F. Byron and Byronism (4) Lord
Byrons life, works, and cultural impact, including an examination
of some later authors, such as Carlyle and the Brontes, who responded
to Byron through their own writings.
LTEN 125G. Keats and His Poetical Heirs (4) The
major poetry of John Keats considered together with selected works
influenced by him, including poems by such authors as Tennyson,
Christina Rossetti, Hopkins, Hardy, Yeats, and Stevens.
LTEN 127A. The Victorian Period: Themes and Issues (4) Selected
topics concerned with Victorian literature as a whole.
LTEN 127B. Victorian Poetry (4) Tennyson,
Browning, Arnold, Clough, Hopkins, and their contemporaries.
LTEN 130. Modern British Literature (4) Selected
topics concerned with modern British literature; study of various
authors, issues, and trends in literatures of the British Isles
from the mid-1850s through the end of the twentieth century. Repeatable
for credit when topics vary. (Replaces the former LTEN 130A and
130B)
LTEN 132. Modern Irish Literature (4) The
Irish Revival and its aftermath: Yeats, Synge, OCasey, Joyce,
Beckett, and their contemporaries.
LTEN 133. Modern Scottish Literature (4) This
course takes Scottish writing from the Kailyard School of the late
nineteenth century through the 1920s revival of Scottish nationalism,
to the 1980s emergence of Glasgow as a literary center.
LTEN 134. Twentieth-Century British Poetry (4) Survey
of many poets of the United Kingdom including Scotland and Ireland.
Included: War poems (1914-18, 1940-45), ‘30s poems of social
commitment, the Movement (1950s), recent postmodern figures (Hughes,
Prynne). Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
LTEN 140. The Early Nineteenth-Century British Novel (4) Includes
the work of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Mary Shelly,
and Charles Dickens.
LTEN 141. The High Victorian Novel (4) Dickens,
Thackeray, Trollope, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte.
LTEN 142. The End of Victorianism (4) The
work of Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard
Kipling, and Joseph Conrad.
LTEN 143. The English Novel in the Eighteenth Century (4) This
course studies the writing of the novel in the eighteenth century.
The focus of the course may be an introduction to selected major
writers and texts, or a particular issue or problem in the literary
and social history of the novel. May be repeated for credit when
topics vary.
LTEN 144. The English Novel in the Nineteenth Century (4) This
course studies the writing of the novel in English during the nineteenth
century. The focus of the course may be a survey of the nineteenth
century (an introduction to selected major writers and texts), or
a particular issue or problem in the literary and social history
of the novel. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 145. The English Novel in the Twentieth Century (4) This
course studies the writing of the novel in English during the twentieth
century. The focus of the course may be an introduction to selected
major writers and texts, or a particular issue or problem in the
literary and social history of the novel. May be repeated for credit
when topics vary.
LTEN 146. Women and English/American Literature (4) Selected
topics concerning women and anglophone literature. Topics include
women writers, the literary representation of women, and women as
readers. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 147. Metamorphoses of the Symbol (4) An
investigation of a single symbolsuch as the cave or the mountainas
it functions within the literature and other expressions of widely
different historical moments, with an emphasis upon English and
American literature. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 148. Genres in English and American Literature (4) An
examination of one or more genres in English and/or American literature,
for example, satire, utopian fiction, autobiography, landscape poetry,
the familiar essay. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 149. Themes in English and American Literature (4) A
consideration of one of the themes that recur in many periods of
English or American literature, for instance, love, politics, the
role of women in society. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 150. Gender, Text, and Culture (4) This
course studies representations of the sexes and of their interrelationship
in various forms of writing produced during different phases of
English history. Emphasis will be placed upon connections of gender
and of literature to other modes of social belief, experience, and
practice. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 152. The Origins of American Literature (4) Studies
in American writing from the Puritans to the early national period
(16201830), with emphasis on the thrust and continuity of
American culture, social and intellectual, through the beginnings
of major American writing in the first quarter of the nineteenth
century.
LTEN 153. The Revolutionary War and the Early National Period
in U.S. Literature (4) A critical examination
of how writing of various kindspolitical, philosophical, and
literaryfunctioned in the construction of the political body
of the new American republic and the self-conception of its citizens.
LTEN 154. The American Renaissance (4) A
study of some of the chief works, and the linguistic, philosophical,
and historical attitudes informing them, produced by such authors
as Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman during the
period 18361865, when the role of American writing in the
national culture becomes an overriding concern.
LTEN 155. Interactions Between American Literature and the
Visual Arts (4) An exploration of the
parallels between the work of individual writers, or movements,
in American literature and the style and content of the work of
certain visual artists. The writers studied are always American;
the artists or art movements may represent non-American influences
on these American writers. May be repeated for credit as topics
vary.
LTEN 156. American Literature from the Civil War to World War
I (4) A critical examination of works
by such authors as Mark Twain, Henry James, Kate Chopin and Edith
Wharton, who were writing in an age when the frontier was conquered
and American society began to experience massive industrialization
and urbanization.
LTEN 158. Modern American Literature (4) A
critical examination of American literature in several genres produced
between the turn of the century and World War II. Attention will
be given to historical and cultural contexts for defining American
modernism. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Repeatable
for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 159. Contemporary American Literature (4) A
critical examination of American literature in several genres produced
since World War II. Attention will be given to historical and cultural
contexts for defining American postmodernism. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 160. Ideas and Photographic Images in American Culture
(4) Relate the history of photography
in America to the history of ideas in American culture. It assumes
that photographers think in images and through their images participate
in cultural discourse. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 172. American Poetry IIWhitman through the Modernists
(4) Reading and interpretation of American
poets from Whitman through the principal modernistsPound,
H.D., Eliot, Moore, Stevens, and others. Lectures will set the appropriate
context in sociocultural and literary history.
LTEN 174. American Fiction IISince Middle James (4) Reading
and interpretation of American fiction from Henry James through
the principal modernistsFitzgerald, Stein, Welty, Faulkner,
and others. Lectures will set the appropriate context.
LTEN 175A. New American FictionPost-World War II to the
Present (4) Reading and interpretation
of American fiction from the mid-1940s to the present. Lectures
will set the appropriate context in sociocultural and literary history.
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 175B. New American PoetryPost-World War II to the
Present (4) Reading and interpretation
of American poets whose work has made its major impact since the
last war, for instance Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov,
Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Frank OHara, and John Ashbery.
Lectures will set the appropriate context in sociocultural and literary
history. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 176. Major American Writers (4) A
study in depth of the works of major American writers. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 177. California Literature (4) Reading
and interpretation of such novelists as London, Norris, Steinbeck,
West, and Didion and such poets as Jeffers, Rexroth, Everson, Duncan,
and Snyder. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 178. Comparative Ethnic Literature (4) A
lecture-discussion course that juxtaposes the experience of two
or more U.S. ethnic groups and examines their relationship with
the dominant culture. Students will analyze a variety of texts representing
the history of ethnicity in this country. Topics will vary.
LTEN 180. Chicano Literature in English (4) Introduction
to the literature in English by the Chicano population, the men
and women of Mexican descent who live and write in the United States.
Primary focus on the contemporary period.
LTEN 181. Asian American Literature (4) Selected
topics in the literature by men and women of Asian descent who live
and write in the United States. Repeatable for credit when topics
vary.
LTEN 183. African American Prose (4) Analysis
and discussion of the novel, the personal narrative, and other prose
genres, with particular emphasis on the developing characteristics
of African American narrative and the cultural and social circumstances
that influence their development.
LTEN 184. African American Poetry (4) Close
reading and analysis of selected works of African American poetry
as they reflect styles and themes that recur in the literature.
LTEN 185. Themes in African American Literature (4) An
intensive examination of a characteristic theme, special issue,
or period in African American literature. May be repeated for credit
when topics vary.
LTEN 186. Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (4) The
Harlem Renaissance (191739) focuses on the emergence of the
New Negro and the impact of this concept on black literature,
art, and music. Writers studied include Claude McKay, Zora N. Hurston,
and Langston Hughes. Special emphasis on new themes and forms.
LTEN 187. Black Music/Black Texts: Communication and Cultural
Expression (4) Explores roles of music
as a traditional form of communication among Africans, Afro-Americans,
and West-Indians. Special attention given to poetry of black music,
including blues and other forms of vocal music expressive of contestatory
political attitudes. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
LTEN 188. Contemporary Caribbean Literature (4) This
course will focus on contemporary literature of the English-speaking
Caribbean. The parallels and contrasts of this Third World literature
with those of the Spanish- and French-speaking Caribbean will also
be explored.
LTEN 189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures (4) The
impact of British colonialism, national independence movements,
postcolonial cultural trends, and women’s movements on the
global production of literary texts in English. Course is organized
by topic or geographical/historical location. May be repeated for
credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
or consent of instructor.
LTEN 190. Seminars (4) These seminars
are devoted to a variety of special topics, including the works
of single authors, genre studies, problems in literary history,
relations between literature and the history of ideas, literary
criticism, literature and society, and the like. The student may
enroll in more than one section in a single quarter.
LTEN 196. Honors Thesis (4) Senior
thesis research and writing for students who have been accepted
for the Literature Honors Program and who have completed LTGN 191.
Oral exam.
LTEN 198. Directed Group Study (4) Research
seminars and research, under the direction of a member of the staff.
May be repeated for credit three times.(P/NP grades only.) Prerequisite:
permission of department.
LTEN 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in an area not normally covered in courses.
May be repeated for credit three times.(P/NP grades only.) Prerequisite:
permission of department.
Graduate
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
LTEN 222. Elizabethan Studies (4) Selected
topics in the study of literary, dramatic, and other Elizabethan
cultural texts. Emphasis will be upon articulations among a range
of discourses, practices, and institutions. May be repeated for
credit when topics vary.
LTEN 224. Seventeenth-Century English Literature (4) Consideration
of one or more figures, texts, or trends in seventeenth-century
English literature, including the metaphysical poets and Jacobean
drama. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 226. Shakespeare (4) Shakespeares
plays in relation to the Elizabethan background; selected major
texts. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 231. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature
(4) Consideration of one or more figures,
texts, or trends in Restoration and eighteenth-century English literature,
including Dryden, Pope, Swift, the early novel, satire. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 241. English Literature of the Romantic Period (4) A
study of the major poetry and related prose of early nineteenth-century
literature. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 243. Early American Literature and Culture (4) Consideration
of one or more major figures, texts, or trends in Colonial and/or
Revolutionary period American Literature, in particular, the relationship
between literature and culture. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
LTEN 245. Nineteenth-Century American Studies (4) Consideration
of some of the principal writers and movements in nineteenth-century
American literature. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 246. Victorian Literature (4) Consideration
of one or more major figures, texts, or trends in the Victorian
period. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 252. Studies in Modern American Literature and Culture
(4) Consideration of one or more major
figures, texts, or trends in American literature, in particular
the relationship between literature and culture. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 256. Postcolonial Discourses (4) A
survey of selected responses to imperialism and colonialism as presented
in cultural texts produced by colonized or once-colonized peoples.
Related issues to be examined: gender dynamics, class, representing
others, mimicry, language, cultural theory, and the politics of
literary genres. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 271. Genres in English (4) Consideration
of one or more genres present in English and/or American literature;
for instance, the ballad, landscape poetry, comedy, satire, the
familiar essay. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisites:
graduate standing or consent of instructor.
LTEN 272. Cultural Traditions in English (4) The
study of writing produced over an extended period of time by members
of an identifiable cultural formation as defined, e.g., by political/social
ideology, class, religion, ethnicity, or sexual preference. May
be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEN 281. Practicum in Literary Research and Criticism (4) This
course will focus on strategies for framing, organizing, and drafting
projects in literary research. Students will study and apply various
forms of literary methodology and will learn about recent developments
in bibliography, textual editing, and research. May be repeated
twice for credit as topics vary.
LTEN 295. M.A. Thesis (1-8) Research
for the masters thesis. Opened for repeated registration.
LTEN 296. Research Practicum (1-12) Research
project to be developed by a small group of students under the continued
direction of individual faculty members. Primarily a continuation
of a previous graduate seminar. The 296 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTEN 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (1-12) This
course may be designed according to an individual students
needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors
of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTEN 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (1-12) Similar
to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subject
not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied
toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable
for credit.
LTEN 299. Dissertation (1-12) Research
for the dissertation. Offered for repeated registration. Open only
to Ph.D. students who have advanced to candidacy.
LITERATURES IN FRENCH
Lower-Division
Language and Literature Courses
Ordinarily, students entering the French literature program elect
one of the following sequences: LTFR 2A, 2B, and 2C; or 2A, 2B,
and 50.
LTFR 2A. Intermediate French I (5) The
first course in a three-quarter sequence designed to prepare students
for upper-division French courses. The course is taught entirely
in French and emphasizes the development of reading ability, listening
comprehension, and conversational and writing skills. It also introduces
the student to basic techniques of literary analysis. It is expected
that this sequence will be completed in the course of one academic
year. This course may not be repeated for credit. Prerequisites:
LTFR 1C/CX or its equivalent, score of 3 on French language AP exam
or consent of instructor.
LTFR 2B. Intermediate French II (5) The
second course in a three-quarter sequence designed to prepare students
for upper-division French courses. The course is taught entirely
in French and emphasizes the development of reading ability, listening
comprehension, and conversational and writing skills. It also introduces
the student to basic techniques of literary analysis. It is expected
that this sequence will be completed in the course of one academic
year. This course may not be repeated for credit. Prerequisites:
LTFR 2A or its equivalent, score of 4 on French language or 3 French
literature AP exams or consent of instructor.
LTFR 2C. Intermediate French III: Composition and Cultural
Contexts (4) Designed to
improve writing and conversational skills. Aims to develop written
expression in terms of organization or ideas, structure, vocabulary.
Grammar review. Discussions of contemporary novel and film. May
be taken in lieu of LTFR 50 as a prerequisite for upper-division
courses. Prerequisites: LTFR 2B or its equivalent, score of
5 on French language or 4 French AP exams or consent of instructor.
LTFR 21. Conversation Workshop I (1) Designed
to allow students to practice and develop their oral skills by expanding
the vocabulary necessary to discuss abstract ideas and by building
up the confidence necessary to participate in literature classes.
Prerequisite: LIFR 1C/1CX or 1D/1DX or LTFR 2A or LTFR 2B or
LTFR 2C or LTFR 50 or consent of instructor.
LTFR 31. Conversation Workshop II (1) A
one-credit, one class-a-week course. Designed to develop and maintain
oral skills at an advanced level by discussing current cultural
issues of the francophone world. Prerequisite: LTFR 2B or
LTFR 2C or LTFR 50, or consent of instructor.
LTFR 50. Intermediate French III: Textual Analysis (4) The
third course in a three-quarter sequence designed to prepare students
for upper-division French courses. The course is taught entirely
in French and emphasizes the development of reading ability, listening
comprehension, and conversational and writing skills. It also introduces
the student to basic techniques of literary analysis. It is expected
that this sequence will be completed in the course of one academic
year. This course may not be repeated for credit. Prerequisites:
LTFR 2B or its equivalent, score of 5 on French language AP exam
or consent of instructor.
LTFR 60A. French for Reading Knowledge I (2) A
course designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested
in developing reading skills only. No previous knowledge of French
required. Texts are taken primarily from the Humanities and Social
Sciences.
LTFR 60B. French for Reading Knowledge II (2) A
continuation of the course for undergraduate and graduate students
interested in developing reading skills only. No previous course
work in French required, though recommended. Texts are taken primarily
from the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
All upper-division courses are taught in French. Additional Prerequisites
may be specified below.
Students are strongly encouraged to take LTFR 115 and 116 before
enrolling in other upper-division French literature courses.
LTFR 115. Themes in Intellectual and Literary History (4) This
is the first course in a two-quarter sequence designed as an introduction
to French literature and literary history. Each quarter will center
on a specific theme or problem. It is recommended that majors whose
primary literature is French take this sequence as early as possible.
Prerequisites: LTFR 50 and LTFR 2C.
LTFR 116. Themes in Intellectual and Literary History (4) This
is the second course in a two-quarter sequence designed as an introduction
to French literature and literary history. Each quarter will center
on a specific theme or problem. It is recommended that majors whose
primary literature is French take this sequence as early as possible.
Prerequisites: LTFR 50 and LTFR 2C.
LTFR 121. The Middle Ages and the Renaissance (4) Major
literary works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance as seen against
the historical and intellectual background of the period. Medieval
texts in modern French translation. May be repeated for credit as
topics vary. Prerequisite: LTFR 115.
LTFR 123. Eighteenth Century (4) Major
literary works and problems of the eighteenth century. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary. Prerequisite: LTFR 115.
LTFR 124. Nineteenth Century (4) Major
literary works of the nineteenth century. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary. Prerequisite: LTFR 116.
LTFR 125. Twentieth Century (4) Major
literary works and problems of the twentieth century. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary. Prerequisite: LTFR 116.
LTFR 141. Literatures in French (4) One
or more periods or authors in French literature. Texts will be read
in the original language. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTFR 142. Literary Genres (4) An
examination of one or more major or minor genres of French literature:
for example, drama, novel, poetry, satire, prose poem, essay.
LTFR 143. Major Authors (4) A study
in depth of the works of a major French writer. Recommended for
students whose primary literature is French. May be repeated for
credit as topics vary.
LTFR 144. Literature and Ideas (4) This
course will center on writers or movements of international literary,
cultural, or ideological significance. May be repeated for credit
when topics vary.
LTFR 160. Advanced Grammar and Stylistics (4) A
course for students who wish to perfect their knowledge of evolving
French grammar and to increase their sensitivity to style while
improving their written and spoken French.
LTFR 164. Cultural Topics (4) A
course on changing topics such as France during the 60s, contemporary
social and cultural structures (the school system, economy, political
parties), myths of America in France, etc. Prerequisite: LTFR
116.
LTFR 170. Film (4) May include close
analysis of films made in the French-speaking world from 1895 to
the present; study of film theory, history, criticism; social contexts
of films emergence and changing contexts of reception; particular
movement, styles, or individual directors work.
LTFR 196. Honors Thesis (4) Senior
thesis research and writing for students who have been accepted
for the Literature Honors Program and who have completed LTGN 191.
Oral exam.
LTFR 198. Directed Group Study (4) Research
seminars and research, under the direction of a member of the staff.
(P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and
special permission of department.
LTFR 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas of French literature not normally
covered in courses. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division
standing and permission of department.
Graduate
LTFR 240. Topics in French Literature (4) An
examination of one or more major topics in French literature. May
be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: graduate
standing or consent of instructor.
LTFR 295. M.A. Thesis (1-8) Research
for the masters thesis. Opened for repeated registration up
to eight units.
LTFR 296. Research Practicum (1-12) Research
project to be developed by a small group of students under the continued
direction of individual faculty members. Primarily a continuation
of a previous graduate seminar. The 296 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit. Prerequisite:
consent of the instructor.
LTFR 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (1-12) This
course may be desinged according to an individual students
needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors
of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit. Prerequisite:
consent of the instructor.
LTFR 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (1-12) Similar
to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects
not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied
toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable
for credit. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
LTFR 299. Dissertation (1-12) Research
for the dissertation. Offered for repeated registration. Open only
to Ph.D. students who have advanced to candidacy.
LiteratureS IN German
Lower-Division
Language and Literature Courses
LTGM 2A. Intermediate German I (5) LTGM
2A follows the basic language sequence of the Department of Linguistics
and emphasizes the development of reading ability, listening comprehension,
and conversational and writing skills. The course includes grammar
review and class discussion of reading and audio-visual materials.
Specifically, the course prepares students for LIGM 2B and 2C. Prerequisites:
LTGM 1C/1CX or its equivalent or score of 3 on AP German language
exam or consent of instructor.
LTGM 2B. Intermediate German II (5) LTGM
2B is a continuation of LTGM 2A for those students who intend to
practice their skills in reading, listening comprehension, and writing
on a more advanced level. The literary texts are supplemented by
readings from other disciplines as well as audio-visual materials.
Prerequisites: LTGM 2A or score of 4 on AP German language exam
or consent of instructor.
LTGM 2C. Intermediate German III (4) A
course designed for students who wish to improve their ability to
speak and write German. Students will read and discuss a variety
of texts and films, and complete the grammar review begun in 2A.
2C emphasizes speaking, writing, and critical thinking, and prepares
students for upper-division course work in German. Prerequisites:
LTGM 2B or equivalent or score of 5 on AP German language exam or
consent of instructor.
LTGM 60A. German for Reading Knowledge I (2) A
program for graduate and undergraduate students interested in developing
reading skills only. No previous knowledge of German required. Texts
are taken primarily from the humanities and social sciences, and
include selections from publishers catalogs, scholarly articles,
and books.
LTGM 60B. German for Reading Knowledge II (2) A
continuation of the program for graduate and undergraduate students
interested in developing reading skills only. No previous knowledge
of German required, though recommended. Texts are taken primarily
from the humanities and social sciences and include selections from
publishers catalogs, scholarly articles, and books.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTGM 100. German Studies I: Aesthetic Cultures (4) This
course offers an overview of German aesthetic culture in its various
forms (literature, film, art, music, and architecture) and methods
of analysis. Materials will explore the diversity of aesthetic production
from the eighteenth century to the present.
LTGM 101. German Studies II: National Identities (4) This
course offers an overview of issues in contemporary and historical
German cultures. How has national identity been constructed in the
past? What does it mean to be a German in the new Europe? Materials
include fiction, historical documents, films, and the Internet.
LTGM 123. Eighteenth-Century German Literature (4) Major
literary works as seen against the historical and intellectual background
of the period. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite:
upper division standing or consent of instructor.
LTGM 125. Nineteenth-Century German Literature (4) Major
literary works, authors, or movements of the nineteenth century.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTGM 126. Twentieth-Century German Literature (4) Major
literary works, authors, or movements of the twentieth century.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTGM 130. German Literary Prose (4) The
development of major forms and modes of German literary prose. May
be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTGM 131. German Dramatic Literature (4) The
development of the drama in Germany. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTGM 132. German Poetry (4) The
development of major forms and modes of German verse. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTGM 190. Seminars (4) These seminars
are devoted to a variety of special topics, including the works
of single authors, genre studies, problems in literary history,
relations between literature and the history of ideas, literary
criticism, literature and society, and the like.
LTGM 196. Honors Thesis (4) Senior
thesis research and writing for students who have been accepted
for the Literature Honors Program and who have completed LTGN 191.
Oral exam.
LTGM 198. Directed Group Study (4) Research
seminars and research, under the direction of a member of the staff.
May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisite:
permission of department.
LTGM 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas of German literature not normally
covered in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP
grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
Graduate
LTGM 242. Nineteenth-Century German Literature (4) Consideration
of one or more major figures, texts, or trends in nineteenth-century
German literature. Topic varies. May be repeated for credit.
LTGM 272. Genres, Trends, and Forms (4) Seminars
on literary genres, trends, movements, schools, and on aspects of
literary forms and structures in any given era or over a certain
period of time. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTGM 295. M.A. Thesis (1) Research
for the masters thesis. Opened for repeated registration up
to eight units.
LTGM 296. Research Practicum (1-12) Research
project to be developed by a small group of students under the continued
direction of individual faculty members. Primarily a continuation
of a previous graduate seminar. The 296 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTGM 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (1-12) This
course may be designed according to an individual students
needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors
of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTGM 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (1-12) Similar
to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects
not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied
toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable
for credit.
LTGM 299. Dissertation (1-12) Research
for the dissertation. Offered for repeated registration. Open only
to Ph.D. students who have advanced to candidacy.
GREEK LITERATURE
(See also listings under Classical Studies)
Lower-Division
LTGK 1. Beginning Greek (4) Study
of ancient Greek, including grammar and reading.
LTGK 2. Intermediate Greek (I) (4) Continuation
of study of ancient Greek, including grammar and reading. Prerequisite:
LTGK 1 or equivalent.
LTGK 3. Intermediate Greek (II) (4) Continuation
of study of ancient Greek, including grammar and reading of texts.
Prerequisites: LTGK 1 and 2 or equivalent.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTGK 101. Greek Composition (4) Greek
prose composition. Corequisites: student must be concurrently
enrolled in upper-division Literature/Greek course numbered 110
or above.
LTGK 110. Archaic Period (4) Readings,
in Greek, of texts from the archaic period. May be repeated for
credit as topics vary.
LTGK 112. Homer (4) Readings from
the works of Homer. Repeatable for credit when texts and material
vary.
LTGK 113. Classical Period (4) Readings,
in Greek, of texts from the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. May
be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTGK 118. Hellenistic Period (4) Reading,
in Greek, of texts from Hellenistic period. Prerequisites: LTGK
1, 2, 3, or equivalent.
LTGK 120. New Testament Greek (4) Readings,
in Greek, in the Greek New Testament. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTGK 130. Tragedy (4) Readings,
in Greek, of one or more of the works of the classical tragedians
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTGK 131. Comedy (4) Readings, in
Greek, of one or more of the works of Aristophanes. Prerequisite:
LTGK 1, 2, and 3, or equivalent.
LTGK 132. History (4) Readings,
in Greek, in the works of the ancient historians, including Herodotus,
Thucydides, Xenophon, and others. May be repeated for credit as
topics vary.
LTGK 133. Prose (4) Readings, in
Greek, in the works of ancient prose writers. May be repeated for
credit as topics vary.
LTGK 135. Lyric Poetry (4) Readings,
in Greek, of the works of the ancient lyric poets. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTGK 198. Directed Group Study (4) Directed
group study in areas of Greek literature not normally covered in
courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP grades only.)
Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission of department.
LTGK 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas of Greek literature not normally
covered in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP
grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
Graduate
LTGK 297. Directed Studies (1-12) Guided
and supervised reading in a broad area of Greek literature. Offered
for repeated registration.
LTGK 298. Special Projects (4) Treatment
of a special topic in Greek literature. Offered for repeated registration.
HEBREW LITERATURE
Please see Near Eastern Literatures under Literatures of the World.
LiteratureS IN ITALIAN
Lower-Division
(See Department of Linguistics for other course offerings in first-year
Italian.)
LTIT 1A. The Language of Italian Culture I (4) An
introduction to the study of the Italian language. Exercises in
grammar, syntax, conversation, and writing are generated from the
texts of Italian plays (Goldoni, Pirandello, Campanile, Fo). No
prior study of Italian required.
LTIT 1B. The Language of Italian Culture II (4) A
continued study of the elements of Italian conversation and grammar
based on cultural texts: an opera libretto, a short mystery, short
movies. Prerequisite: LTIT 1A or consent of instructor.
LTIT 1C. The Language of Italian Culture III (4) Further
study of Italian conversation and grammar based on cultural texts:
a short novel, folk music lyrics. Preparation for the second-year
Italian literature/language sequence. Prerequisite: LTIT 1B
or consent of instructor.
LTIT 2A. Intermediate Italian I (5) A
second-year course in Italian language and literature. Conversation,
composition, grammar review, and an introduction to literary and
nonliterary texts. Prerequisite: LIIT 1C or LIIT 1C/1CX or its
equivalent or consent of instructor.
LTIT 2B. Intermediate Italian II (5) Continuation
of second-year Italian language and literature. Reading, writing,
conversation, grammar review, and an introduction to literary genres
and contemporary Italian culture and society. Prerequisite:
LTIT 2A or its equivalent or consent of instructor.
LTIT 50. Advanced Italian (4) This
course constitutes the sixth and final quarter of the Italian language
sequence. It offers an intensive study of Italian grammar, drills
in conversation and composition, and readings in modern Italian
literature. Prerequisite: LTIT 2A and 2B, or consent of instructor.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTIT 100. Introduction to Literatures in Italian (4) Reading
and discussion of selections from representative authors. Review
of grammar as needed. Prerequisite: LTIT 50 or equivalent or
consent of instructor.
LTIT 110. Italian Literature (4) One
or more periods of authors in Italian literature. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTIT 113. Love, War, and Conquest in the Italian Renaissance
(4) A critical reading of Italian Renaissance
texts with special attention to those themes, forms, and ideological
conflicts still operative in todays culture. May be repeated
for credit when topics vary.
LTIT 115. Medieval Studies (4) Studies
in medieval culture and thought with focus on one of the three
crowns of Italian literature: Dante, Boccaccio, or Petrarca.
May be repeated for credit when course content varies. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
LTIT 122. Studies in Modern Italian Culture (4) Politics,
literature, and cultural issues of twentieth-century Italy. May
be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTIT 137. Studies in Modern Italian Prose (4) A
study of the chief modern Italian prosatori, including DAnnunzio,
Calvino, Pavese, Pasolini, etc.
LTIT 140. Women in Italy (4) A study
of historical, political, and literary texts regarding women and
feminism in Italian society.
LTIT 143. Major Italian Authors (4) A
study in depth of the works of a major Italian author. May be repeated
for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: LTIT 100 or permission
of instructor.
LTIT 161. Advanced Stylistics and Conversation (4) Analysis
of Italian essays, journalism, literature. Intensive practice in
writing and Italian conversation. Prerequisite: LTIT 100 or consent
of instructor.
LTIT 196. Honors Thesis (4) Senior
thesis research and writing for students who have been accepted
for the literature honors program and who have completed General
Literature 191. Oral examination. Prerequisite: departmental
approval.
LTIT 198. Directed Group Study (4) Directed
group study in areas of Italian literature not normally covered
in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP grades
only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
LTIT 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas of Italian literature not normally
covered in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP
grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
Graduate
LTIT 297. Directed Studies (1-12) Guided
and supervised reading in a broad area of Italian literature. Offered
for repeated registration.
The following summer session courses may be of interest:
LTIT 7A-B-C. Introductory Intensive Italian (4-4-4) The
equivalent of a full year of Italian language is covered. Through
a total immersion approach, students will be able to develop proficiency
in grammar, essential reading and writing skills, basic comprehension
and production of spoken Italian and language functions. Given in
summer session only.
LTIT 40. Conversational Intermediate Italian (4) Students
improve their verbal skills through group conversations about issues
relevant to modern life in Italy and their own life in America.
Italian current events and society are discussed; students contribute
oral presentations on Italian topics. Given in summer session only.
Prerequisite: Linguistics/Italian 1C/1CX or consent of instructor.
Korean LITERATURE
LTKO 1A-B-C. Beginning Korean: First Year I-II-III (5-5-5) This
course will help students develop beginning-level skills in the
Korean language, beginning with an introduction to the writing and
sound system of the Korean language. The remainder of the course
will focus on basic sentence structures and expressions. Prerequisites:
no prerequisite for 1A, but a placement test is required. 1A is
a prerequisite to 1B; 1B is a prerequisite to 1C.
LTKO 2A-B-C. Intermediate Korean: Second Year I-II-III
(5-5-5) This course will help students
develop intermediate-level skills in the Korean language. Upon completion
of this course, students are expected to have good command of Korean
in various daily conversational situations. Prerequisites: LTKO
1CN or 1CH or placement test for 2A; 2A is prerequisite for 2B;
2B for 2C.
LTKO 3. Advanced Korean: Third Year (5) This
course will help students develop advanced-level skills in the Korean
language. Upon completion of this course, students are expected
to have good command of Korean in various formal settings and to
understand daily news broadcasts/newspapers. Prerequisites:
LTKO 2C or placement test and consent of instructor.
LTKO 50. Intermediate Readings and Composition (4) Designed
to enhance reading and writing skills. We will read and discuss
a variety of materials, including newspaper and magazine articles,
short essays, and prose fiction. Writing exercises will stress improving
students ability to express themselves as well as their critical
responses to reading. Prerequisites: LTKO 2C and/or recommendation
of instructor.
LTKO 100. Readings in Korean Literature and Culture (4) Majors
issues in modern Korean history from colonial period to present,
such as Japanese colonization, division, U.S./Soviet occupation,
the Korean War, and authoritarian rule, industrialization, labor/agrarian
movement and cultural/social issues, emerging within the globalized
economy in South Korea. Prerequisites: reading knowledge of
Korean (two years college-level Korean or equivalent); upper-division
standing.
LATIN LITERATURE
(See also listings under Classical Studies)
Lower-Division
LTLA 1. Beginning Latin (4) Study
of Latin, including grammar and reading.
LTLA 2. Intermediate Latin (I) (4) Study
of Latin, including grammar and reading. Prerequisite: LTLA 1
or its equivalent.
LTLA 3. Intermediate Latin (II) (4) Study
of Latin, including grammar and reading. Prerequisite: LTLA 2
or its equivalent.
LTLA 4. Intensive Elementary Latin (12) Equivalent
of LTLA 1, 2, and 3. Given in summer session only.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTLA 100. Introduction to Latin Literature (4) Reading
and discussion of selections from representative authors of the
Augustan age. Review of grammar as needed. Prerequisite: LTLA
3 or equivalent.
LTLA 101. Latin Composition (4) Latin
prose composition. Prerequisites: completion of LTLA 100. Student
must be concurrently enrolled in upper-division Literature/Latin
course numbered 111 or above.
LTLA 111. Pre-Augustan (4) Readings,
in Latin, in the works of Roman writers of the pre-Augustan period.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTLA 114. Vergil (4) Readings from
the works of Vergil. Repeatable for credit when texts and material
vary.
LTLA 116. Silver Latin (4) Readings,
in Latin, in the works of Roman writers of the Silver Age. May be
repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTLA 131. Prose (4) Readings, in
Latin, of the work of Roman prose writers. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTLA 132. Lyric and Elegiac Poetry (4) Readings,
in Latin, in the works of lyric and elegiac poets. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTLA 133. Epic (4) Readings
in Latin in the works of the Roman epic poets. Prerequisites:
LTLA 1, 2, 3 or its equivalent.
LTLA 134. History (4) Readings,
in Latin, in the works of Roman historians. May be repeated for
credit as topics vary.
LTLA 135. Drama (4) Readings, in
Latin, in the works of Roman dramatists. Prerequisite: LTLA 3
or equivalent; LTLA 100 recommended. Repeatable for credit when
topics vary.
LTLA 198. Directed Group Study (4) Directed
group study in areas of Latin literature not normally covered in
courses. May be repeated three times. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites:
upper-division standing and permission of department.
LTLA 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas of Latin literature not normally
covered in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP
grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
Graduate
LTLA 297. Directed Studies (1-12) Guided
and supervised reading in a broad area of Latin literature. Offered
for repeated registration.
LTLA 298. Special Projects (4) Treatment
of a special topic in Latin literature. Offered for repeated registration.
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Lower-Division
LTRU 1A-B-C. First-Year Russian (5-5-5) First-year
Russian, with attention to reading, writing, and speaking.
LTRU 1AB and 1BC. Intensive Beginning Russian (7.5-7.5) Intensive
study of beginning Russian. Covers material of first-year Russian
in two quarters. Development of all facets of language proficiencyspeaking,
listening, reading, writing. Attention given to cultural materials
as well.
LTRU 2A-B-C. Second-Year Russian (5-5-5) Second-year
Russian grammar, with attention to reading, writing, and speaking.
Prerequisite: LIRU 33/53, LTRU 1A-B-C or equivalent.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
Note: Many Russian literature courses are cross-listed as
courses in European and Eurasian Literatures (LTEU). Lectures and
discussions are conducted in English, and students may choose whether
to do the reading and writing assignments in translation, in which
case they should enroll for the course under its LTEU rubric, or
in Russian, in which case they should enroll under the LTRU rubric.
Other courses are offered in English translation with one-unit Foreign
Language Discussion Sections (XL course number suffix) for students
who wish to read and discuss some or all of assignments in Russian.
LTRU 104A-B-C. Advanced Practicum in Russian (4-4-4) Development
of advanced skills in reading, writing, and conversation. Course
based on written and oral texts of various genres and styles. Individualized
program to meet specific student needs. Prerequisite for 104A:
LTRU 2C or equivalent.
LTRU 110A-B-C. Survey of Russian and Soviet Literature in Translation,
1800Present (4-4-4) A study of
literary works from Pushkin to the present. LTRU 110A is not a prerequisite
for LTRU 110B, and LTRU 110B is not a prerequisite for LTRU 110C.
110A. 18001860
110B. 18601917
110C. 1917present
LTRU 123. Single Author in Russian Literature (4) Study
of the works of a single Russian author. May be repeated for credit
two times. Prerequisite: LTRU 101C, its equivalent, or permission
of instructor.
LTRU 129. Twentieth-Century Russian or Soviet Literature (4) A
study of literary works from the twentieth century. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
or consent of instructor.
LTRU 150. Russian Culture (4) An
introduction to Russia’s past and present through the cross-disciplinary
study of literature, the visual and performing arts, social and
political thought, civic rituals, popular entertainments, values
and practices from 1825 to the present. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing.
LTRU 150XL. Russian Culture: The Modern PeriodForeign
Language Discussion Section (1) Students
will exercise advanced Russian language skills to read and discuss
materials in LTRU 150. This section is taught by the course professor,
has no final examination, and does not affect the students
grade in the parent course. Prerequisites: co-registration in
LTRU 150; four quarters of Russian language study or the equivalent.
LTRU 198. Directed Group Study (4) Directed
group study in areas of Russian literature not normally covered
in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP grades
only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
LTRU 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas of Russian literature not normally
covered in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP
grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
LITERATURES IN SPANISH
Lower-Division
Language and Literature Courses
Students entering the Spanish language/ literature program must
have completed one year of college-level Spanish (Linguistics/Spanish
1C/1CX) or its equivalent at another institution or have the consent
of the instructor. Ordinarily, students take LTSP 2A, 2B, 2C, and
one or more courses from the 50 sequence. Native speakers are encouraged
to take LTSP 2D.
LTSP 2A. Intermediate Spanish I: Foundations (5) Course
is taught in Spanish, emphasizing the development of reading ability,
listening comprehension, and writing skills. It includes grammar
review, weekly compositions, and class discussions. Successful completion
of LTSP 2A satisfies the requirement for language proficiency in
Revelle College. Prerequisites: completion of LTSP 1C/1CX, 1D/DX,
or the equivalent score of 3 on AP Spanish language exam, or instructor
consent.
LTSP 2B. Intermediate Spanish II: Readings and Composition
(5) Review of major points of grammar
with emphasis on critical reading and interpretation of Spanish
texts through class discussions, vocabulary development, and written
compositions. It is a continuation of LTSP 2A. Prerequisites:
LTSP 2A or score of 4 on AP Spanish language or 3 on AP Spanish
literature exams or consent of instructor.
LTSP 2C. Intermediate Spanish III: Cultural Topics and
Composition (4) Continuation of
LTSP 2B, with special emphasis in writing and translation. It includes
discussion of cultural topics as well as grammar review and composition,
further developing the ability to read articles, essays, and longer
pieces of fiction/nonfictional texts. Prerequisites: LTSP 2B
or equivalent or score of 5 on AP Spanish language or 4 on AP Spanish
literature exams or consent of instructor.
LTSP 2D. Intermediate/Advanced Spanish: Spanish for Bilingual
Speakers (4) Spanish for native speakers.
Designed for bilingual students seeking to become biliterate. Reading
and writing skills stressed with special emphasis on improvement
of written expression and problems of grammar and orthography. Prepares
native speakers with little or no formal training in Spanish for
more advanced courses. Prerequisite: native speaking ability
and/or recommendation of instructor.
LTSP 2E. Advanced Readings and Composition for Bilingual
Speakers (4) Second course
in a sequence designed for bilingual students seeking to become
bi-literate. Special emphasis given to improvement of written expression,
grammar, and orthography. Prepares bilingual students with little
or no formal training in Spanish for more advanced course work.
Prerequisites: LTSP 2D native Spanish speaking ability and/or
recommendation of instructor.
LTSP 21. Conversation Workshop I (1) Allows
students with a basic grounding in Spanish to discuss a variety
of topics related to literary and cultural issues. Vocabulary development,
use of idiomatic expression, and advancement of oral proficiency
in Spanish. May be taken as an adjunct to lower-division LTSP courses.
Recommended for students planning to sutdy abroad. Prerequisite:
LISP IC/ICX or LTSP ID/IDX or LTSP 2A or 2B or 2C or 2D or 50A or
50B or 50C.
LTSP 31. Conversation Workshop II (1) Enhances
intermediate/advanced students command of spoken Spanish through
debates on literary and cultural issues and the formulation and
expression of thoughts in Spanish. May be taken as an adjunct to
lower- and upper-division LTSP courses. Recommended for students
planning to study abroad. Prerequisite: LISP IC/ICX or LISP ID/IDX
or LTSP 2A or 2B or 2C or 2D or 50A or 50B or 50C.
LTSP 41. Conversation and Orthography Workshop (1) The
workshop format of this course allows students to attain a stronger
command of skills in matters of Spanish orthography, spelling, punctuation,
and accent rules. May be taken as an adjunct to lower- or upper-division
LTSP courses. Recommended for students planning to study abroad.
Prerequisite: LISP IC/ICX or LISP ID/IDX or LTSP 2A or 2B or
2C or 2D or 50A or 50B or 50C.
LTSP 50A. Readings in Peninsular Literature (4) An
introduction to Peninsular literature, this course offers a selection
of major works and introduces students to literary analysis through
reading extensive texts in Spanish. Two or more quarters of courses
in the 50 series are suggested before students proceed to upper-division
courses. Prerequisite: two years of college Spanish or the equivalent.
LTSP 50B. Readings in Latin American Literature (4) An
introduction to Latin American literature, this course offers a
selection of major works and introduces students to literary analysis
through reading extensive texts in Spanish. Two or more quarters
of courses in the 50 series are suggested before students proceed
to upper-division courses. Prerequisite: two years of college
Spanish or the equivalent.
LTSP 50C. Readings in Latin American Topics (4) An
introduction to major topics in Latin American literature, this
course focuses on the literature of a particular region, period,
or movement. Works vary from those in 50B and introduce students
to literary analysis through reading extensive texts in Spanish.
Prerequisite: two years of college Spanish or the equivalent.
LTSP 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The
Freshman Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with
the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty
member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered
in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics
vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to
twenty students, with preference given to entering freshmen.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
Note: As of fall 1992, students must have taken at least
one (but preferably two) course(s) in the LTSP 50A-B-C sequence
with a grade of C or better before enrolling in upper-division
courses. Without fulfillment of this Prerequisite, students must
obtain the consent of the instructor of the requested course.
LTSP 100. Major Works of the Middle Ages (4) Major
Spanish literary works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance as seen
against the historical and intellectual background of this period.
Prerequisites: upper-division standing, LTSP 50A, 50B, or 50C,
or consent of instructor.
LTSP 107. Literature of the Fifteenth Century (4) Survey
of cultural texts including courtly romances, political poetry,
Columbuss letters, and the tragicomedia La Celestina. Issues
of gender, blood purity, social estates, and colonialism will be
discussed. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTSP 116. Representations of Spanish Colonialism (4) Analysis
of selected materials that represent the cultural and political
relationship between Spain and its colonies. Close reading of literary
texts and historical documents. Specific periods covered will fall
between the origins of empire in the early sixteenth century to
the demise of imperial Spain in 1898; topics may include cultural
exchanges between Spain and Latin America, the Philippines, or the
U.S. Southwest. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 119AB. Cervantes: Teatro y Novelas (4) Study
of Cervantess innovations in the short narrative form and
theatrical production during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth
centuries. Special attention to textual structures and ideological
elements such as gender, religion, and early modern conceptions
of ethnicity, race, and nation. This course fulfills
the requirement for Spanish literature majors.
LTSP 119C. Cervantes: Don Quixote (4) Close
reading of the 1605 and 1615 texts with special attention to the
social and cultural background of the early 17th century in Spain.
This course fulfills the requirement for Spanish literature majors.
Prerequisites: LTSP 50A and either 50B or 50C.
LTSP 122. The Romantic Movement in Spain (4) This
course will explore the historical context of the emergence of a
Romantic movement in Spain, particularly the links between Romanticism
and liberalism. Major Romantic works in several genres will be studied
in depth. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of
instructor.
LTSP 123. Topics in Modern Spanish Culture (4) Investigation
of selected topics concerning Spanish cultural production after
1800. Topics might focus on a genre (film, popular novel, theater)
or on the transformations of a theme or metaphor (nation, femininity,
the uncanny). Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 125 Spanish Modernisms (4) Analysis
and discussion of forms, movements, and issues arising in Spanish
culture between 1898 and 1936 in relation to the loss of empire,
accelerating modernization and new social movements. Repeatable
for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 129. Spanish Writing after 1939 (4) Analysis
and discussion of literary production during and after the Franco
dictatorship. May focus on specific genres, sub-period, or issues.
Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 130A. Development of Spanish Literature (4) An
introduction to the major movements and periods of Spanish literary
history, centered on close reading of representative texts, but
aimed at providing a sense of the scope of Spanish literature and
its relation to the course of Spains cultural and social history.
This course is required of all Spanish literature majors. It is
strongly recommended that this course be taken before any other
upper-division Spanish (peninsular) literature course. Prerequsites:
LTSP 50A and either 50B or 50C.
LTSP 130B. Development of Latin American Literature (4) An
introduction to major movements and periods in Latin American literature,
centered on a study of key works from pre-Columbian to the present
time. Texts will be seen within their sociohistorical context and
in relation to main artistic trends of the period. This course is
required of all Spanish literature majors. It is strongly recommended
that this course be taken before any other upper-division Latin
American literature course. Prerequisites: LTSP 50A and either
50B or 50C.
LTSP 133. Contemporary Latin American Literature (4) A
study of the major literary works and problems in Latin America
from 1900 to the present as seen against the historical context
of the period. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 134. Literature of the Southern Cone (4) Study
of movements, traditions, key authors, or major trends in Argentine,
Paraguayan, Uruguayan, and Chilean literatures, including gaucho
poetry, the realist novel, modern urban narratives, the Borges School,
etc. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 135A. Mexican Literature before 1910 (4) Explores
the relationships among cultural production, politics, and societal
changes in Mexico before the 1910 Revolution, specifically the roles
of intellectuals and popular culture in nation-building and modernization.
Readings may include didactic literature and historiographic writings,
forms of popular discourse, as well as novels and poetry. Repeatable
for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 135B. Modern Mexican Literature (4) Study
of popular novels, movements, traditions, key authors, or major
trends in modern Mexican literature. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTSP 136. Andean Literatures (4) Study
of movements, traditions, key authors, or major trends in Peruvian,
Ecuadorian, and Bolivian literatures, such as indigenismo, urban
narrative, and the works of authors such as Vallejo, Icaza, Arguedas,
Vargas Llosa. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 137. Caribbean Literature (4) Study
of movements, traditions, key authors, or major trends in Caribbean
literature in Spanish, such as the romantic movement, the literature
of independence, the essay tradition, Afro-Antillean literature,
the historical novel. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 138. Central American Literature (4) Study
of movements, traditions, key authors, or major trends in the literatures
of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and
Panama, such as the anti-imperialist novel, indigenismo, guerrilla
poetry, and testimonio. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 140. Latin American Novel (4) A
study in depth of selected novelists of Spanish America. May be
organized around a specific theme or idea which is traced in its
development through the narratives. Course may be repeated for credit
when topics vary.
LTSP 141. Latin American Poetry (4) A
critical study of some of the major poets of Spanish America, focusing
on the poets central themes, the evolution of poetic style,
and the significance of the poetry to the historical context. May
be repeated as topics vary.
LTSP 142. Latin American Short Story (4) Readings
and interpretation of short story form in Latin America. Focus is
primarily nineteenth or twentieth century. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTSP 150B. Contemporary Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultural Production:
1960 to Present (4) Cross-disciplinary
study of late twentieth-century Latino/a-Chicano/a literature, the
visual and performing arts, film, or other cultural practices. Specific
periods covered will fall between the Kennedy years to the era of
neoliberalism and the creation of Hispanic or Latino
identities. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 151. Topics in Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultures (4) Cross-disciplinary
study of late twentieth-century Chicano/a-Latino/a literature, the
visual and performing arts, film, or other cultural practices. Representative
areas of study are social movements, revolution, immigration, globalization,
gender and sexuality, cultures of the U.S.-Mexico border, and Chicano/a-Mexicano/a
literary relations. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 153. Chicano/a and Latino/a Poetry (4) A
study of themes and issues in the poetic production of Latino communities
in the U.S. Every effort will be made to select texts in Spanish
but some may be bilingual. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 154. Latino/a and Chicano/a Literature (4) This
course will study the representation of a variety of social issues
(immigration, racism, class differences, violence, inter/intra-ethnic
relations, etc.) in works written in Spanish by Latino/a and Chicano/a
writers. Repeatable for credit as topics, texts, and historical
periods vary.
LTSP 160. Spanish Phonetics (4) A
comparative study of the English and Spanish phonetic systems. Includes
a study of the organs of articulation, manner of articulation stress
and intonation patterns, as well as dialectal variations of Spanish.
Prerequisites: upper-division standing, LTSP 50A-B-C, or consent
of instructor.
LTSP 162. Spanish Language in the United States (4) A
sociolinguistic study of the popular dialects in the U.S.A. and
their relation to other Latin American dialects. The course will
cover phonological and syntactic differences between the dialects
as well as the influence of English on the Southwest dialects.
LTSP 164. Language and Society (4) A
comparison of language policies in Latin America and that of other
Third World countries and its reflection in literature. Prerequisites:
upper-division standing, LTSP 50A-B-C, or consent of instructor.
LTSP 165. History of the Spanish Language (4) Course
traces the development of the Spanish language from Vulgar Latin
to modern Spanish and focuses on phonological, morphological and
syntactic changes across time and space. Texts from various periods/regions
of Spain and Latin America will be used. Prerequisites: upper-division
standing, LTSP 50A-B-C, or consent of instructor.
LTSP 166. Creative Writing (4) A
workshop designed to foster and encourage writing in Spanish of
students working on short forms of fiction. The workshop will include
discussions of techniques and intensive writing. Prerequisites:
completion of LTSP 50A-B-C, upper-division standing, or consent
of instructor.
LTSP 170. Contemporary Theories of Cultural Production (4) Selected
readings in recent cultural and literary theory. Students will be
exposed to a variety of methodologies drawn from the Latin American,
European, and U.S. traditions. Final project consists of a practical
application of a method or methods to a specific cultural
object. This course is recommended for students who plan to pursue
graduate work in literature.
LTSP 172. Indigenista Themes in Latin American Literature (4) Study
of the literary modes by which nineteenth and twentieth century
authors have interpreted the themes of indigenous survival and resistance
in Latin America, primarily in Mexico and the Andean region. Repeatable
for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 173. Problems in Spanish and Latin American Literary History
(4) Study of the issues involved in understanding
the development process of literary expression; the problem of genre;
the relation of literature to social institutions; the function
of literary influence and tradition; the relation of popular and
print cultures. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 174. Topics in Culture and Politics (4) Study
of the relationships between cultural production (literature, film,
popular cultures), social change, and political conflict, covering
topics such as colonialism, imperialism, modernization, social movements,
dictatorship, revolution. Repeatable for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 175. Gender, Sexuality, and Culture (4) This
course will examine issues of gender, sexuality, and culture in
Spanish, Latin American, and/or Chicana/o literatures. Repeatable
for credit as topics, texts, and historical periods vary.
LTSP 176. Literature and Nation (4) Study
of literature as a means through which the nation has been imagined
and as a site of debates over national identity and citizenship.
Course materials may focus on Spain and/or Latin America. Repeatable
for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 177. Literary and Historical Migrations (4) This
course will focus on a variety of Latin American and/or Spanish
intra- and inter-national migrations throughout the world and on
the literature produced by these exiles or immigrants. Repeatable
for credit as topics, texts, and historical periods vary.
LTSP 190. Seminars (4) These seminars
are devoted to a variety of special topics, including the works
of single authors, genre studies, problems of literary history,
relations between literature and the history of ideas, literary
criticism, literature and society, and the like. The student may
enroll in more than one seminar in a single quarter.
LTSP 196. Honors Thesis (4) Senior
thesis research and writing for students who have been accepted
for the Literature Honors Program and who have completed LTGN 191.
Oral Exam.
LTSP 198. Directed Group Study in Spanish Literature (4) Research
seminars and research, under the direction of a member of the staff.
May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites:
upper-division standing and permission of department.
LTSP 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial:
individual guided reading in areas of Spanish literature not normally
covered in courses. May be repeated for credit three times. (P/NP
grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and permission
of department.
Graduate
LTSP 224. Golden Age Studies (4) Consideration
of one or more major figures, texts, trends, or problems in Spanish
Golden Age studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 252. Studies in Modern Hispanic Literature and Culture
(4) Major trends and figures considered
in the context of late nineteenth-and twentieth-century Hispanic
culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 258. Spanish American Prose (4) Consideration
of one or more major figures, texts, trends, or problems in Spanish
American prose. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 272. Literature and Society Studies (4) Special
topics in practical criticism involving social and economic historical
perspectives. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTSP 275. Latin American(ist) Literary and Cultural Theories
Since the 1960s (4) A historical survey
of late twentieth-century literary and cultural criticism in and
about Latin America, focusing on questions of political economy
and periodization, cultural heterogeneity and transculturation,
gender and sexuality, and the relationships between literary, popular,
and mass cultures. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
LTSP 295. M.A. Thesis (1-8) Research
for the masters thesis. Open for repeated registration up
to eight units. (S/U grades only.)
LTSP 296. Research Practicum (1-12) Research
project to be developed by a small group of students under the continued
direction of individual faculty members. Primarily a continuation
of a previous graduate seminar. The 296 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTSP 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (1-12) This
course may be designed according to an individual students
needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors
of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTSP 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (1-12) Similar
to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects
not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied
toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable
for credit.
LTSP 299. Dissertation (1-12) Research
for the dissertation. Offered for repeated registration. Open only
to Ph.D. students who have advanced to candidacy.
LITERATURE/THEORY
Courses in theory may apply to various literature majors. Please
consult your adviser.
Additional theory courses are offered in the various department
sections. See quarterly course descriptions in the Department of
Literature office, first floor LIT building.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTTH 110. History of Criticism (4) A
critical and interpretive review of some of the major documents
in criticism from the classical period to the present time.
LTTH 115. Introduction to Critical Theory (4) (Formerly
LTTH 100) A critical review of major contemporary theories of the
nature of literature, its sociocultural function, and appropriate
modes of evaluation.
LTTH 130. Introduction to Linguistic and Discourse Theories
(4) An introduction to linguistic and
discourse theories, analyses of linguistic structures, elements
of socio- linguistics, language use, language acquisition, and bilingualism.
LTTH 150. Topics in Critical Theory (4) Selected
topics in critical theory such as: a particular mode of literary
theory; comparative study of theories of text and image; a problem
or theme in the history of theory; issues involved in the relationship
between fiction and other discourses (science, law, history, philosophy,
music). Repeatable for credit when topics vary. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
LTTH 198. Directed Group Study (4) Directed
group study, under the guidance of a member of the faculty, in an
area not covered in courses currently offered by the department
(P/NP only)
LTTH 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Individual
reading in an area not covered in courses currently offered by the
department. (P/NP only).
Graduate
LTTH 200A. Text/Culture/Critical Practice (4) An
introduction to theories and practices of literary and cultural
criticism. Topics may vary, but emphasis will be on terminology,
methods of readings, modes of interdisciplinary analysis and argumentation,
recent debates on questions of theory, history, textual scholarships,
etc. Prerequisite: registered doctoral student in literature.
LTTH 200B. Problems in Contemporary Literary Theory (4) The
focus is feminist literary/cultural theories and their relations
with major contemporary theoretical discourses (e.g., psychoanalysis,
poststructuralism, and various forms of historicism). Prerequisite:
registered doctoral student in literature.
LTTH 200C. Cultural Perspectives and Cultural Criticism (4) Literary
and cultural relations between the First and Third Worlds, colonialism
and neo-colonialism, orality and literacy, construction of ethnicity,
formation of canon, and popular culture and the market. Prerequisite:
registered doctoral student in literature.
LTTH 201. Contemporary Theoretical Debates and Critical Discourses
(4) An introduction to a wide range of
theoretical and methodological issues, schools of thought, and interpretative
styles in contemporary literary studies. Required of all M.A. students
in the Department of Literature, normally in their first quarter
in the program. Prerequisites: admission to the M.A. program
in the Department of Literature or consent of instructor; graduate
standing.
LTTH 210. Major Periods and Movements (4) Historically
oriented study of past criticism and critical theory as they pertain
to contemporary interests and concerns. May be repeated for credit
when topics vary.
LTTH 220. Theories of Literary Criticism (4) Close
study of any of the several bodies of literary theory currently
applied to literary criticism: psychoanalytic, Marxist, historicist,
semiotic, feminist, hermeneutic, reader-response, among others.
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTTH 230. Comparative Literary Theory (4) Comparison
of theoretical approaches across cultures (e.g., East/West studies),
across modes of discourse (e.g., oral/written), or across media
(e.g., literature/art or literature/music). May be repeated for
credit when topics vary.
LTTH 296. Research Practicum (1-12) Research
project to be developed by a small group of students under the continued
direction of individual faculty members. Primarily a continuation
of a previous graduate seminar. The 296 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTTH 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (1-12) This
course may be designed according to an individual students
needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors
of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward
the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.
LTTH 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (1-12) Similar
to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects
not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied
toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable
for credit.
LITERATURES OF THE WORLD
AFRICAN LITERATURES
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTAF 110. African Oral Literature (4) Survey
of various genres of African and oral literary traditions. Oral
narrative genres, investigation of proverb, riddle, praise poetry,
and epic. Development and use of a methodology to analyze aspects
of performance, composition, and education in oral traditional systems.
LTAF 120. Literature and Film of Modern Africa (4) This
course traces the rise of modern literature in traditional African
societies disrupted by the colonial and neocolonial experience.
Contemporary films by African and Western artists will provide an
additional insight into the complex social self-images of the continent.
LITERATURES OF THE AMERICAS
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
Foreign language discussion sections (XLs) may be offered in conjunction
with courses taught in translation. Students enrolled in these joint
courses may use them to fulfill major, minor, and secondary literature
requirements. Please see the undergraduate office for further information.
LTAM 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The
Freshman Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with
the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty
member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered
in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics
vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to
twenty students, with preference given to entering freshmen.
LTAM 100. Latino/a Cultures in the United States (4) An
introductory historical and cultural overview of the various Latino/a
populations in the U.S. with a study of representative cultural
texts.
LTAM 101. Early Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultures: 18481960
(4) A cross-disciplinary study of nineteenth-
and early twentieth-century Latino/a-Chicano/a literature, the visual
and performing arts, and other cultural practices. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTAM 102. Contemporary Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultural Production:
1960 to Present (4) A cross-disciplinary
study of late twentieth-century Latino/a-Chicano/a literature, the
visual and performing arts, and other cultural practices. May be
repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTAM 105. Gender and Sexuality in Latino/a Cultural Production
(4) A study of the construction of differences
in gender and sexual orientation in Latino/a-Chicano/a literature
and other cultural production with an emphasis on examining various
theoretical/ideological perspectives on these issues. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTAM 106. Modern Chicana and Mexican Women Writings (4) A
study of themes and issues in the writings of Chicana and Mexican
women with a view toward establishing connections while recognizing
national and cultural differences between the two. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTAM 107. Comparative Latino/a and U.S. Ethnic Cultures (4) A
comparative and intersecting study of Latino/a and other U.S. ethnic
cultures. Literary texts will be viewed as windows into
real time and spaces where cultures meet and mix. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTAM 108. Chicano/a and Latino/a Cultures: Intellectual and
Political Traditions (4) The course will
center on Chicano/a-Latino/a writers and movements of literary,
intellectual, cultural, or political significance.Texts may be read
in the original language or in English. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTAM 109. Cultural Production of the Latino/a Diasporas (4) A
study of the cultural production of Latino/a immigrant groups with
a focus on the literary representation of homeland, national culture,
and the forces that led to migration. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTAM 110. Latin American Literature in Translation (4) Reading
of representative works in Latin American literature with a view
to literary analysis (form, theme, meaning), the developmental processes
of the literature, and the many contexts: historical, social, cultural.
Texts may be read in English. May be repeated for credit as topics
vary.
LTAM 111. Latin American Literature in Translation (4) Comparative
survey of Caribbean literatures from the Spanish, French, English,
and Dutch Caribbean. Literary texts trace historical paradigms including
the development of plantation slavery, emancipation, the quest for
nationhood, migration, and transnational identities. Films and music
may complement discussion. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
LTAM 120. Mexican Literature in Translation (4) Study
of popular novels, movements, traditions, key authors, or major
trends in modern Mexican literature. Texts may be read in English.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTAM 130. Reading North by South (4) An
analysis of the readings and appropriations of European and U.S.
traditions by Latin American, Caribbean, and Filipino writers. The
course addresses philosophies, ideologies, and cultural movements
and explores the specific literary strategies used by authors in
constructing their paricular cosmovisión.
LTAM 132. The Dark Side of Enlightenment in Spain, the Americas,
and the Philippines (4) This course deals
with the cultural production of Spain, the Philippines, Latin America,
and the U.S. to examine views (both optimistic and pessimistic)
on the Enlightenment as a mode of conducting scientific investigation
of nature, constituting forms of government, and imagining the future.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
EAST ASIAN LITERATURES
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
Foreign language discussion sections (XLs) may be offered in conjunction
with courses taught in translation. Students enrolled in these joint
courses may use them to fulfill major, minor, and secondary literature
requirements. Please see the undergraduate office for further information.
LTEA 100A. Classical Chinese Poetry in Translation (4) A
survey of different genres of traditional Chinese poetry from various
periods.
LTEA 100B. Modern Chinese Poetry in Translation (4) A
survey of Chinese poetry written in the vernacular from 1918 to
1949.
LTEA 100C. Contemporary Chinese Poetry in Translation (4) A
survey of Chinese poetry development from 1949 to the present.
LTEA 110A. Classical Chinese Fiction in Translation (4) The
course will focus on a few representative masterpieces of Chinese
literature in its classical age, with emphasis on the formal conventions
and the social or intellectual presuppositions that are indispensable
to their understanding. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 110B. Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation (4) A
survey of representative works of the modern period from 1919 to
1949. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 110C. Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Translation (4) An
introductory survey of representative texts produced after 1949,
with particular emphasis on the social, cultural, and political
changes. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 120A. Chinese Films (4) A survey
of representative films from different periods of Chinese cinematic
development. Priority may be given to Chinese Studies majors and
Literature majors. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 120B. Taiwan Films (4) A survey
of New Taiwan Cinema of the Eighties and Nineties. Priority
may be given to Chinese Studies majors and Literature majors. Repeatable
for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 120C. Hong Kong Films (4) An
examination of representative works of different film genres from
Hong Kong. Priority may be given to Chinese Studies majors and Literature
majors. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 120D. Filming Chinese Literature (4) An
investigation of various adaptations of both traditional and modern
literary texts from the three main Chinese communities (China, Taiwan,
and Hong Kong). Priority may be given to Chinese Studies majors
and Literature majors. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 130. Earlier Japanese Literature in Translation (4) An
introduction to earlier Japanese (bungo) literature in translation.
Will focus on several works, placing their forms in the historical
context. No knowledge of Japanese required. Repeatable for credit
when topics vary.
LTEA 132. Later Japanese Literature in Translation (4) An
introduction to later Japanese (kogo) literature in translation.
Will focus on several modern works, placing their form
in the historical context. No knowledge of Japanese required. Repeatable
for credit when topics vary.
LTEA 136. Special Topics in Japanese Literature (4) The
course will focus on important problematics of literary studies
as they relate to Japan (e.g., feminism, modernity,
literary mode of production, Orientalism and nativism).
No knowledge of Japanese required. May be repeated for credit as
topics vary.
LTEA 140. Modern Korean Literature in Translation from Colonial
Period (4) A survey of modern Korean
prose fiction and poetry from the colonial period. Exploration of
major issues such as Japanese colonization, rise of left-wing and
right-wing nationalisms, construction of national culture, and relations
between tradition and modernity.
LTEA 141. Modern Korean Literature in Translation from 1945
to the Present (4) A survey of modern
Korean prose fiction and poetry from 1945 to the 1990s. Examination
of literary representations of national division, the Korean War,
accelerated industrialization, authoritarian rule, and the labor/agrarian
movements.
LTEA 142. Korean Film, Literature, and Popular Culture (4) A
study of modern Korean society and its major historical issues as
represented in film, literature, and other popular cultural media
such as TV and music video. We will explore additional issues such
as cinematic adaptations of prose fiction, fluid distinctions between
popular literature and serious literature, and the role
of mass media under authoritarian rule.
LTEA 143. Gender and Sexuality in Korean Literature and Culture
(4) A study of constructions of gender
and sexuality in pre-modern and modern Korean societies. We will
discuss literary works as well as historical and ethnographic works
on gender relations, representations of masculinity and femininity,
and changing roles of men and women in work and family.
LTEA 144. Korean American Literature and Other Literatures
of Korean Diaspora (4) An examination
of the experiences of the Korean diaspora linked to the historical
contexts of modern Korea, Japan, the United States, and other countries.
We will focus on literature both about Korea and the Korean immigrant
experience written in the United States but will also read from
and about other Korean diasporic contexts.
LTEA 145. Literature, History, and Colonial and Postcolonial
Modernity in Korea (4) Comparative
examination of historiographical and literary representations of
major issues such as nationalism, industrialization, class division,
gender, and sexuality. Literary re-writings of modern Korean history
and recent revisionist historiographical works and trends. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
LTEA 198. Directed Group Study (4) Research
seminars and research, under the direction of a faculty member.
LTEA 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas not normally covered in courses.
(P/NP grades only.)
EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN LITERATURES
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
Foreign language discussion sections (XLs) may be offered in conjunction
with courses taught in translation. Students enrolled in these joint
courses may use them to fulfill major, minor, and secondary literature
requirements. Please see the undergraduate office for further information.
LTEU 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The
Freshman Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with
the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty
member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered
in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics
vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to
twenty students, with preference given to entering freshmen. No
prerequisites.
LTEU 102. Women in Antiquity (4) Selected
topics in classical culture including women and myth, women in Greek
and Roman society, and the representation of women in classical
literature. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEU 105. Medieval Studies (4) Studies
in medieval culture and thought with focus on one of the three
crowns of Italian literature: Dante, Boccaccio, or Petrarca.
May be repeated for credit when course content varies.
LTEU 109. Studies in Eighteenth-Century European Literature
(4) Topics to be considered include the
age of sensibility, enlightenment, neo-classicism. Attention given
to historical and cultural contexts.
LTEU 110. European Romanticism (4) Attention
given to historical and cultural contexts. Topics to be considered
include the concept of nature, the reaction to science, the role
of the imagination. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEU 120. Literatures in French (4) One
or more periods or authors in French literature. Texts read in English.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEU 130. German Literature in Translation (4) One
or more aspects of German literature, such as major authors, the
contemporary novel, nineteenth-century poetry, German expressionism.
Texts may be read in English or the original language. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary.
LTEU 138. Single Author in German Literature (4) A
study of literary works by a single German author. All readings
will be in English, although when appropriate, a separate German
language discussion section will be offered for students interested
in reading and discussing the texts in German. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
LTEU 139. Marx/Nietzsche/Freud (4) Intensive
examination of the major ideas of all three writers, with special
attention to the literary styles and problematic aspects of their
work. Often offered with an optional LTEU 139XL section, for students
who are prepared to work and prefer to work in the original German.
LTEU 140. Italian Literature in Translation (4) One
or more periods or authors in Italian literature. Texts may be read
in English. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTEU 145. Studies in Modern Italian Poetry (4) Study
of the chief modern Italian poets, including Montale, Ungaretti,
and Quasimodo, with attention to long, poetic form and contemporary
Italian culture. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
LTEU 146. Studies in Modern Italian Prose (4) A
study of the chief modern Italian prosatori including DAnnunzio,
Calvino, Pavese, Pasolini, etc. Repeatable for credit. (Conjoined
with LTIT 137.)
LTEU 147. Women in Italy (4) A study
of historical, political, and literary texts regarding women and
feminism in Italian society.
LTEU 150A-B-C. Survey of Russian and Soviet Literature in Translation,
1800 to the Present A study of literary
works from Pushkin to the present.
150A. 18001860
150B. 18601917
150C. 1917present
LTEU 153. Twentieth-Century Russian or Soviet Literature in
Translation (4) A study of literary work
from the twentieth century. May be repeated for credit as topics
vary.
LTEU 154. Russian Culture (4) An
introduction to Russia’s past and present through the cross-disciplinary
study of literature, the visual
and performing arts, social and political thought, civic rituals,
popular entertainments, values and practices from 1825 to the present.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
LTEU 158. Single Author in Russian Literature in Translation
(4) A study of literary works by a single
Russian author. All readings will be in English. May be repeated
for credit when authors vary.
NEAR EASTERN LITERATURES
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
Foreign language discussion sections (XLs) may be offered in conjunction
with courses taught in translation. Students enrolled in these joint
courses may use them to fulfill major, minor, and secondary literature
requirements. Please see the undergraduate office for further information.
LTNE 100. The Bible and Western Literature (4) Biblical
and related texts that influenced the great writers of the Middle
Ages and Renaissance, including sections from the
Jewish and Christian scriptures. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing or consent of instructor.
LTNE 101. The Bible: The Narrative Books (4) Examination
of the Biblical accounts in their ancient Near Eastern context.
Emphasis will be placed on literary- and form-criticism and textual
analysis. Attention to related literature and to archaeological
data; consideration of theological issues. Repeatable for credit
as topics vary.
LTNE 102. The Bible: The Prophetic Books (4) The
prophetic books of the Bible in their historical contexts. The relationship
between the prophetic and narrative books. Literary/critical analyis,
theological issues, reference to archaeological data. Repeatable
for credit as topics vary.
LTNE 103. The Bible: The Poetic Books (4) Study
of biblical peotry, its settings, genres, and themes. Analysis of
metre and structure with particular attention to the use of parallel.
Comparison with Canaanite and Mesopotamian examples. May be repeated
for credit. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
LTNE 120A. Topics in Early Christian Literature: The New
Testament (4) An introduction
to the writings of the New Testament, their creation, collection,
and critical study.
LTNE 120F. Topics in Early Christian Literature: Christianity
and the Roman Empire (4) An
evaluation of significant attempts (from Edward Gibbon to Peter
Brown) to explain the “rise” of Christianity and the
“decline and fall” of the Roman Empire.
LITERATURES OF THE WORLD
In both lower- and upper-division world literature courses, texts
may be read in English translation when necessary, and lectures
and discussions are conducted in English.
Foreign language discussion sections (XLs) may be offered in conjunction
with courses taught in translation. Students enrolled in these joint
courses may use them to fulfill major, minor, and secondary literature
requirements. Please see the undergraduate office for further information.
Lower-Division
LTWL 4A-B-C-D-F-M. Film and Fiction in Twentieth-Century
Societies (4) A study of modern
culture and of the way it is expressed and understood in novels,
stories, and films. The sequence aims at an understanding of relationship
between the narrative arts and society in the twentieth century,
with the individual quarters treating fiction and film of the following
language groups. 4A French, 4B German, 4C Asian, 4D Italian, 4M
multiple national literatures and film, 4F Spanish.
LTWL 19A-B-C. Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
(4-4-4) An introductory study of the
Graeco-Roman world, its literature, myth, philosophy, history, and
art.
LTWL 50. Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies
(4) A preliminary
survey of issues and problems raised by literary and cultural studies.
Discussion will focus on basic terms in literary analysis (narrative,
genre, character, poetics) and on rhetorical techniques for writing
advanced expository papers in literary and cultural topics. It is
designed for both nonmajors and students who anticipate becoming
majors in literature who would like a broad-based introduction to
the field.
LTWL 87. Freshman Seminar (1) The
Freshman Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with
the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty
member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered
in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics
vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to
twenty students, with preference given to entering freshmen. No
prerequisites.
LTWL 90. Undergraduate Seminar (1) Readings
and discussions focused on a writer, period, or literary topic.
The aim of the course is to acquaint the student with literature
as a field of university-level study. Repeatable for credit.
LTWL 99. Lower-Division Independent Study (4) Independent
study at the lower-division level, in an area not covered by the
departments regular course offerings, under the direction
of a member of the Literature Department faculty. Prerequisites:
lower-division standing; cumulative 3.0 GPA.
UPPER-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
LTWL 100. Mythology (4) A study of
various bodies of myth: their content, form, and meaning. May be
repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 101. What Socrates Knew (4) Socratic
perspectives on the nature of life and death, virtue and happiness,
love and the gods.
LTWL 102. Women in Antiquity (4) Selected
topics in classical culture, including women and myth, women in
Greek and Roman society, and the representation of women in classical
literature. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 106. The Classical Tradition (4) Greek
and Roman literature in translation. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary.
LTWL 107. Prose Fiction (4) Aspects
of prose fiction. Not confined to a single national literature.
Texts may be read in English. May be repeated for credit as topics
vary.
LTWL 108. Words and Their Vicissitudes (4) The
history of English and its forebears, focusing on the quirky nature
of semantic change in order to equip students with a basis for evaluating
metaphor, metonymy, and other forms of verbal deviance. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
LTWL 110B. Folk and Fairy Tales (4) A
study of folk and fairy tales from various cultures, from the point
of view of literary form, psychological meaning, and cultural function.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 111. Medieval Studies (4) A
lecture/discussion course designed to explore a variety of topics
in medieval literatures and cultures. Topics may include a genre
or combination of genres (e.g., drama, romance, lyric, allegory),
or a central theme (e.g., the Crusades or courtly love).
LTWL 114. Childrens Literature (4) A
study of literature written for children in various cultures and
periods. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 115. Contemporary Literature (4) A
study of novels and authors of the present and recent times. May
be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 116. Adolescent Literature (4) A
study of fiction written for the young adult in various cultures
and periods. Consideration will be given to the young adult hero
in fiction. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 120. Popular Literature and Culture (4) A
study of various popular formssuch as pop music, cult books,
film, fashion, magazines, graphic artswithin a broader cultural
context. Focus may be on a particular genre (e.g., best sellers)
or era (e.g., the sixties). May be repeated for credit when topics
vary.
LTWL 122. Fantasy (4) Reading and
analysis of various works that fall into several categories of the
fantastice.g., heroic, gothic, irrealist, postmodernwith
particular attention to the cultural uses of myth, folklore, and
fantasy, and to the psychological and structuralist theories of
same. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 124. Science Fiction (4) An
exploration of the genrepast and present, in literature and
the visual mediaas a cultural response to scientific and technological
change, as modern mythmaking, and as an enterprise serving a substantial
fan subculture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 128. Introduction to Semiotics and Applications (4) Semiotics,
basically a theory of signification, describes the models and conceptual
constructs through which meaning is grasped and produced. Background
in the history of semiotics and its dominant models. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
LTWL 129. Wisdom: The Literature of Authority (4) What
is wisdom? Does wisdom refer to a specific type of discourse; a
literary genre; a specific content that holds true transculturally
and transtemporally? This class will consider these questions by
reading literature from diverse times and places. Prerequisite:
upper-division standing.
LTWL 131A. Topics in Early Christian Literature: The New Testament
(4) An introduction to the writings of
the New Testament, their creation, collection, and critical study.
LTWL 131B. Topics in Early Christian Literature: Paul and the
Invention of Christianity (4) An evaluation
of ancient and modern accounts of Christian origins set against
a careful reading of early Jewish and Christian texts (canonical
and non-canonical).
LTWL 131C. Topics in Early Christian Literature: Reinventing
Jesus (4) A survey of the gospels
of the first three centuries for light they may (or may not) shed
on the historical figure of Jesus, set within the context of religious
biography in late antiquity.
LTWL 131D. Topics in Early Christian Literature: The Fourth
Gospel (4) A solution to the riddle of
the Fourth Gospel.
LTWL 131E. Topics in Early Christian Literature: The History
of Heresy (4) Study of heretical
movements within the first three centuries of Christianitys
history (e.g., gnosticism).
LTWL 131F. Topics in Early Christian Literature: Christianity
and the Roman Empire (4) An evaluation
of significant attempts (from Edward Gibbon to Peter Brown) to explain
the rise of Christianity and the decline and fall
of the Roman Empire.
LTWL 131G. Topics in Early Christian Literature: Against the
Christians (4) From Celsus to Julian
the Apostate, the pagan assault on Christianity in the intellectual,
political, and religious context of late antiquity.
LTWL 133. Religion: Inside Out and Upside Down (4) A
study of the nature and importance of place in Western religious
imagination, through a comparative reading of the ancient Mesopotamian
Epic of Gilgamesh, the early Christian Gospel
of John, and Ridley Scotts futuristic film noir, Blade
Runner.
LTWL 135. A The Buddhist Imaginary (4) An
introduction to the imaginative universe of Indian Buddhism, with
a focus on the connection between cosmological models and liberative
practices. In this class we read Buddhist narrative and doctrinal
literatures, supplemented by archaeological and art historical artifacts.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
LTWL 136. Goddesses and Women in India (4) This
course uses Hindu texts, along with art and film, to explore the
intersection of literary representation and real life. How does
Hindu literature, which fully supports the belief in powerful goddesses,
both empower women and constrain them? Prerequisite: upper-division
standing or consent of instructor.
LTWL 137. Sanskrit (4) Study of
classical Sanskrit, including grammar and reading.
LTWL 138. Critical Religion Studies (4) Selected
topics, texts, and problems in the study of religion. May be repeated
for credit when content varies.
LTWL 139. Gnosticism: The Religious Underground from Late Antiquity
to the New Age (4) A survey of Gnostic
currents in religious thought which influenced the Abrahamic traditions
of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and which resurfaced periodically
as heretical challenges to these mainstream traditions and their
doctrinal orthodoxies.
LTWL 140. Novel and History in the Third World (4) This
course sets out to explore the relation between the novel and the
dependent history of the Third World, contrasting and
comparing the uses of history in the European novel as defined in
the theoretical analysis of Lukacs with uses of history in the Third
World novel. An analysis of major themes and movements common to
selected ethnic literature in the United States and national literatures
in the Third World.
LTWL 141. Islam and Modernity (4) A
survey of developments in the Islamic world during the period of
European colonial domination and its aftermath, with special attention
to the works of leading Muslim thinkers (e.g., Sayid Ahmed Khan,
Muhammad Abduh, Hasan al Banna, Ruhallah Khomeini, among others.)
LTWL 145. South Asian Religious Literatures: Selected
Topics (4) One or two topics in the religious
literature of South Asia will be examined in depth. Repeatable for
credit when topics vary. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
or consent of instructor.
LTWL 149. The Last Turn of the Century in the West (4) A
multi-media examination of the momentous cultural and intellectual
changes that accompanied the last turn of the century (nineteenthtwentieth)
in the West. Areas covered include literature, philosophy, visual
arts, music, religion, social movements, and scientific thought.
LTWL 150. Modernity and Literature (4) Explores
the various cross-cultural historical, philosophical, and aesthetic
ideas which formed the basis of most twentieth-century literature.
Literature from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa will be studied
through lectures and the reading of texts in English translation.
Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 155. Gender Studies (4) The
study of the construction of sexual differences in literature and
culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 160. Women and Literature (4) This
course will explore the relationship between women and literature,
i.e., women as producers of literature, as objects of literary discourse,
and as readers. Foreign language texts will be read in translation.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 170. Specialized Genres in Literature (4) The
study of literary genres that do not fall into the ordinary categories
of lyric, drama, fiction, and prose. Topics vary from year to year.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 172. Special Topics in Literature (4) Studies
in specialized literary, philosophic, and artistic movements, approaches
to literature, literary ideas, historical moments, etc.
LTWL 176. Literature and Ideas (4) The
course will center on writers or movements of international literary,
cultural, or ideological significance. The texts studied, if foreign,
may be read either in the original language or in English. May be
repeated for credit as topics vary.
LTWL 180. Film Studies and Literature: Film History (4) The
study of film history and its effects upon methods of styles in
literary history. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 181. Film Studies and Literature: Film Movement (4) Study
of analogies between literary movements and film movements. Repeatable
for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 183. Film Studies and Literature: Directors Work
(4) Methods of criticism of authors
work applied to the study and analysis of film directors style
and work. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 184. Film Studies and Literature: Close Analysis of Filmic
Text (4) Methods of literary analysis
applied to the study of shots, sequences, poetics, and deep structure
in filmic discourse. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
LTWL 185. Film Studies and Literature: Interdisciplinary Issues
(4) Inquiry into interrelated and interdisciplinary
issues concerning the diverse field of film studies and literature.
TWS 21-22-23-24-25-26. Third World Literatures (4-4-4-4-4-4) (See
entry under Third World Studies heading.)
The courses in this sequence are equivalent to world literature
courses. The sequence satisfies Marshall College general-education
requirements.
Seminars/Independent Studies
LTWL 191. Honors Seminar (4) Explorations
in critical theory and method. This course, designed to prepare
students to write an honors thesis, is open only to literature majors
invited into the departments Honors Program.
LTWL 195. Apprentice Teaching (0 or 4) Undergraduate
instructional assistance. Student must (1) prepare reading materials
assigned by the professor; (2) lead student discussions; (3) assist
professor in grading; and (4) prepare report to professor at conclusion
of quarter concerning his/her work.
LTWL 196. Honors Thesis (4) Senior
thesis research and writing for students who have been accepted
for the Literature Honors Program and who have completed LTGN 191.
Oral exam. Prerequisite: permission of department.
LTWL 198. Directed Group Study (4) Research
seminars and research, under the direction of faculty member. Prerequisite:
permission of department.
LTWL 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guided reading in areas of literature (in translation)
not normally covered in courses. May be repeated for credit three
times. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing
and permission of department.
Graduate
LTWL 500. Apprentice Teaching in Literature (2 or 4) Consideration
of pedagogical methods appropriate to undergraduate teaching in
literature courses under the supervision of instructor of course.
Doctoral students in literature are required to participate in undergraduate
teaching for a minimum of twelve units (two to four units per quarter)
prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree.
LTWL 501. Apprentice Teaching in Humanities (2 or 4) Consideration
of pedagogical methods appropriate to undergraduate teaching in
humanities sequences under the supervision of instructor of course.
Doctoral students in literature are required to participate in undergraduate
teaching for a minimum of twelve units (two to four units per quarter)
prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree.
LTWL 502. Apprentice Teaching in Muir College (2 or 4) Consideration
of pedagogical methods appropriate to undergraduate teaching in
Muir College courses under the supervision of instructor of course.
Doctoral students in literature are required to participate in undergraduate
teaching for a minimum of twelve units (two to four units per quarter)
prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree.
LTWL 503. Apprentice Teaching in Marshall College (2 or 4) Consideration
of pedagogical methods appropriate to undergraduate teaching in
Marshall College courses under the supervision of instructor of
course. Doctoral students in literature are required to participate
in undergraduate teaching for a minimum of twelve units (two to
four units per quarter) prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree.
LTWL 504. Apprentice Teaching in Warren College (2 or 4) Consideration
of pedagogical methods appropriate to undergraduate teaching in
Warren College courses under the supervision of instructor of course.
Doctoral students in literature are required to participate in undergraduate
teaching for a minimum of twelve units (two to four units per quarter)
prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree.
LTWL 506. Apprentice Teaching in Roosevelt College (2 or 4) Consideration
of pedagogical methods appropriate to undergraduate teaching in
Eleanor Roosevelt College courses under the supervision of instructor
of course. Doctoral students in literature are required to participate
in undergraduate teaching for a minimum of twelve units (two to
four units per quarter) prior to completion of the Ph.D. degree.
WRITING/LITERATURE
Lower-Division
LTWR 8A. Writing Fiction (4) Study
of fiction in both theory and practice. Narrative technique studied
in terms of subjectivity and atmosphere, description, dialogue,
and the editing process will be introduced through readings from
the history of the novel and short story. Writing exercises accompany
reading assignments. Prerequisite: completion of college writing
requirement.
LTWR 8B. Writing Poetry (4) Study
and practice of poetry as artistic and communal expression. Techniques
of composition (traditional forms, avant garde techniques, dramatic
monologue, performance poetry, and new genre) studied through written
and spoken examples of poetry. Writing exercises accompany reading
assignments. Prerequisite: completion of college writing requirement.
LTWR 8C. Writing Nonfiction (4) Study
of nonfictional prose in terms of genre and craft. Techniques of
composition (journalism, essay, letters, reviews) will be studied
through written examples of the genre. Practical imitations and
exercises accompany the reading assignments. Prerequisite to upper-division
non-fiction prose workshops. Prerequisite: completion of college
writing requirement.
Upper-Division
Departmental approval is required for enrollment in all upper-division
Lit/Writing courses.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Additional Prerequisites may be specified below.
(See Department of Theatre for course offerings in dramatic writing.)
Prose Fiction, Poetry, Media Workshops
LTWR 100. Short Fiction (4) A workshop
for students with some experience and special interest in writing
fiction. This workshop is designed to encourage regular writing
in the short forms of prose fiction and to permit students to experiment
with various forms. There will be discussion of student work, together
with analysis and discussion of representative examples of short
fiction from the present and previous ages. May be taken for credit
three times. Prerequisite: LTWR 8A.
LTWR 101. Beginning Poetry Workshop (4) A
workshop for beginning students of poetry. This course has weekly
writing assignments in basic poetic forms; readings from ancient
through contemporary poetry. Prepares students for LTWR 102 and
other more advanced poetry workshops. May be taken only once. Prerequisite:
LTWR 8B.
LTWR 102. Poetry (4) A workshop
for students with some experience and special interest in writing
poetry. This workshop is designed to encourage regular writing of
poetry. There will be discussion of student work, together with
analysis and discussion of representative examples of poetry from
the present and previous ages. May be taken for credit three times.
Prerequisite: LTWR 8B.
LTWR 104. The Novella (4) Workshop
for fiction writers ready to tackle longer forms. Each student will
produce a novella of at least fifty-pages by the end of the quarter.
We’ll look at examples of this form as well as films and comic
novels to explore editing techniques that facilitate the writer’s
growing force and complexity of vision. Prerequisites: LTWR
100; department approval.
LTWR 106. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Irrealism (4) In
this workshop, students will practice skills of narration, characterization,
and style with particular attention to the demands of non-realistic
genres, especially the challenge of suspending disbelief in fictional
environments that defy conventional logic. Readings and lectures
will accompany writing exercises. Prerequisites: LTWR 8A; department
approval.
LTWR 107. Writing for Children (4) A
workshop in writing for young children (58 years). The stories
will be directed towards the act of reading aloud, either at bedtime
or in a group situation. There will be many weekly readings assigned
in, and about, the genre. Prerequisites: LTWR 8A; department
approval.
LTWR 108. Writing for Young Adults (4) A
workshop in writing for 912 year-olds. Students will be asked
to write one long chapter story or a series of short stories for
young adults to read to themselves. The stories will generally involve
young teens. Weekly readings will be assigned. Prerequisites:
LTWR 8A; department approval.
LTWR 109. Writing and Publishing Childrens Literature
(4) A workshop in writing for children,
with the additional focus of exploring successful approaches to
publication of childrens stories. There will be regular weekly
reading and writing assignments.. Prerequisites: LTWR 8A; LTWR
107 recommended; department approval via stamp or pre-authorization.
LTWR 110. Screen Writing (4) A workshop
designed to encourage writing of original screen plays and adaptations.
There will be discussion of student work, together with analysis
of discussion of representative examples of screen writing. May
be taken for credit three times.
LTWR 112. Adapting Literature to the Screen (4) Development
of a feature-length screenplay based on poems or works of fiction
or non-fiction. This course will provide a basic knowledge of the
adaptation process from synopsis, through step outline, to fully
developed treatment. Prerequisites: LTWR 8A or 8B or 8C, department
approval.
LTWR 113. Intercultural Writing (4) This
course is an introduction to modes of writing from other cultural
systems vastly different from the cultural-aesthetic assumptions
of Anglo-American writing. While disclosing the limitations of the
English language, this course attempts to provide new language strategies
for students.
LTWR 115. Experimental Writing (4) This
workshop explores writing for which the traditional generic distinctions
of prose/poetry, fiction/ documentary, narrative/discourse do not
apply. Students taking this course will be asked to challenge the
boundaries of literature to discover new forms and modes of expression.
May be taken for credit three times.
LTWR 117. Landscape Poetry (4) The
differences between landscape poetry written in East Asia and Western
counterparts form an exciting subject as well as a challenge to
habits of language. We will read from the history of landscape poetry,
and produce and critique new poems. Prerequisites: LTWR 8B;
department approval.
LTWR 119. Writing for Performance (4) A
workshop and survey of experimental approaches to the writing and
production of performance works in a range of literary genres. Emphasis
will be placed on the integration of written texts with non-verbal
elements from the visual arts, theater, and music. Prerequisite:
LTWR 8A or 8B, to be determined by quarterly offerings of LTWR 119.
Nonfiction Prose Workshops
LTWR 120. Personal Narrative (4) A
workshop designed to encourage regular writing of all forms of personal
experience narrative, including journals, autobiography, firsthand
biography, and firsthand chronicle. Instructor and students will
discuss student work as well as published personal narratives. Prerequisite:
LTWR 8C.
LTWR 121. Media Writing (4) Workshop
focusing on the review, the op-ed piece, the column, the blurb,
the profile, the interview, and “content-providing”
for Web sites. We’ll examine current examples of media writing;
students will produce a body of work and critique one another’s
productions. Prerequisites: LTWR 8C; department approval.
LTWR 122. Writing for the Sciences (4) A
workshop in writing about science for the public. Students will
study and then construct metaphors or analogues which introduce
readers to scientific perplexities. May be repeated for credit when
topics vary.
LTWR 123. Biographical Writing (4) Workshop
in biographical writing. The class will read published examples,
consider what constitutes a suitable subject for biography, and
discuss research techniques and sources. Each student will work
on a profile-length or book chapter-length biography, submitting
installments throughout the quarter. Prerequisites: LTWR 8C;
department approval.
LTWR 125. Persuasion (4) A workshop
in the writing of argument or persuasion, with particular attention
to strategies of persuasion for different kinds of audiences. Instructor
and students will discuss student work as well as published work.
May be taken for credit three times. Prerequisite: LTWR 8C.
LTWR 127. General Nonfiction Prose Workshop (4) A
workshop designed to encourage the writing of all forms of nonfiction
prose. This workshop is usually limited to advanced students in
the writing major. May be taken for credit three times. Prerequisite:
LTWR 8C.
LTWR 128. Editing Workshop (4) A
workshop to acquaint students with the fundamentals of bringing
written works from concept to publication. Genres covered will vary
with instructor.
LTWR 129. Distributing Literature (4) Workshop
designed to critique and engage the means of distributing literature
within culture. Publishing from “zine” through mainstream
publication; Web publishings; readings and “slams”;
publicity and funding; colloquia with writers; politics and literature;
and the uses of performance and media. Prerequisites: LTWR 100
or LTWR 102 or LTWR 120 or LTWR 127; department approval through
course pre-authorization department stamp.
Writing Process, Written Discourse, and Writing Pedagogy
These courses are not writing workshop courses like those listed
above. Rather, they examine various aspects of writing as a field
of study and writing pedagogy. Writing majors who plan to teach
writing may be particularly interested in these courses. See the
department for applicability of these courses to the writing major
requirements.
Note: As of fall 1991, all writing majors are required to
take one course chosen from offerings numbered LTWR 140144
to fulfill one of their upper-division requirements.
LTWR 141. The Process of Writing (4) A
study of writing as a creative process. Review of research on creativity
and on the writing process and analysis of writers introspective
accounts of their work. Delineation of the stages in writing process
and exploration of implications for learning to write.
LTWR 142. Forms of Written Discourse (4) A
review of current rhetorical theory and discourse theory. Some attention
to recent developments in text linguistics. Students will write
several discourse types and explore differences among the types,
with special attention to differences for the writing process and
for the structure of the written discourse itself.
LTWR 143. Stylistics and Grammar (4) A
close look at sentence-level features of written discoursestylistics
and sentence grammars. Students will review recent research on these
topics and experiment in their own writing with various stylistic
and syntactic options.
LTWR 144. The Teaching of Writing (4) Wide
reading in current theory and practice of teaching writing in schools
and colleges. Careful attention to various models of classroom writing
instruction and to different approaches in the individual conference.
Students in this course may observe instruction in the UCSD college
writing programs or tutor freshman students in those programs.
LTWR 148. Theory for Writers/Writing for Theory (4) Hybrid
workshop offering writing students a working knowledge of literary
theory while exposing literature students to practical techniques
from poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to refresh their writing of
theoretical nonfiction texts. Discussion of student work and published
work. Prerequisite: department approval.
Directed Study and Special Study
LTWR 195. Apprentice Teaching (4) Undergraduate
instruction assistance. Students will 1) assist TA in editing students
writing for LTWR 8A and 8C during class and outside of class; and
2) prepare a paper and report for the professor at the end of the
quarter. Prerequisite: LTWR 144, The Teaching of Writing.
LTWR 196. Honors Thesis (4) Senior
thesis research and writing for students who have been accepted
for the Literature Honors Program and who have completed LTGN 191.
Oral exam.
LTWR 198. Directed Group Study (2 or 4) Directed
group study in areas of writing not normally covered in courses.
(P/NP grades only.) Repeatable for credit when areas of study vary.
LTWR 199. Special Studies (2 or 4) Tutorial;
individual guidance in areas of writing not normally covered in
courses. (P/NP grades only.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing
and permission of department. May be taken for credit three
times.
Graduate
LTWR 260. Autoethnographies of Literacy (4) Designed
for public school teachers, this writing seminar concerns ethnographic
and autoethnographic studies of literates and illiterates
in the United States. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent
of instructor.
LTWR 271. Theory and Practice of College Writing Instruction
(4) In this course we will explore the
implications for writing instruction of current discourse theory
and of linguistics (sentence-level and text-level). We will also
review research on writing instruction and look carefully at several
models of classroom instruction and individual conferencing.
LTWR 272. Research in Composing and Writing Discourse (4) This
course will survey current research on composing and written discourse.
It will also explore various problems and issues in designing research
studies. \
LTWR 282. Writing States (4) This
course will be a cross-genre writing workshop where graduate students
in literature with some experience in creative writing can work
with other writers and broaden their own practices. The seminar
will read selected texts that spur specific writing assignments.
Students who already have a new or ongoing writing project can workshop
that as an alternative to doing assignments. The group will critique
one anothers efforts, each participant creating a twenty-page
manuscript. Also at the end of the quarter the students will collectively
agree on a projecta reading, performance, video, or publishing
project that will document the workshop. Prerequisite: graduate
standing or consent of instructor.
Literature Courses
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