Courses

*Courses in Comparative Literature are designed to meet the needs of students whose literary interests are broader than those that can be met by the curriculum of any single department. Below are the courses offered in Comparative Literature by term. Please check back often for up-to-date information on course meeting times and  availability, as these can change. Course descriptions can be found on the Registrar's ORC site.

To view Comparative Literature Undergraduate courses, click here. 

To view Comparative Literature Graduate requirements, click here.

To view Comparative Literature Graduate courses, click here.

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Spring 2025

  • COLT 001: Read the World: Washburn/Parati - 11
  • COLT 07.09: Colonial and Postcolonial Dialogues - Coly - 12
  • COLT 10.29: Robots and AI : Fiction and Film - LaGuardia - 2
  • COLT 19.07/ASCL 70.25*: Translating East Asian Languages: Theory and Practice - Dorsey - 11, (LRP)
  • COLT 35.06/MES 15.13: Sufism and World Literature - Morsi - 10A
  • COLT 49.05/ENGL 72.02: Decadence, Degeneration and the Fin de Siecle - McCann - 2A
  • COLT 49.09/ENGL 53.49: Graphic Medicine - Chaney - 2A
  • COLT 50.01/EEER 38.28*: Literature and Ideology in Eastern Europe - Kolomiyets - 10
  • COLT 53.06/MES 19.03/WGSS 24.01: Arab Feminisms - Morsi - 2A
  • COLT 57.08/WGSS 67.04/INTS 17.08: Humanities and Human Rights: Thoughts on Community - Martin - 3A
  • COLT 87: Honors Thesis - Fuechtner - ARR 

Summer 2025

  • COLT 19.05/CRWT 40.17*: Workshop in Literary Translation - Tanoukhi - 6B
  • COLT 51.01: Masterpieces of African Literature - Coly - TBD
  • COLT 52.10/JWST 12.02/SPAN xx:  Jewish Literatures in Latin America: Belonging Beyond Borders - Zepp- Zwirner - 12

Fall 2025

  • COLT 001: Read the World - Tarnowski - 12
  • COLT 10.26: Autobiography and Autofiction - Caplan - 11
  • COLT 19.01: Translation: Theory and Practice - Morsi - 10A
  • COLT 40.07/MUS 46/FILM 50.04: Videogames and the Meaning of Life - Cheng - 2A
  • COLT 52.02/FILM 42.03*/LACS 30.06/INTS 17.12: New Latin American Cinema - Gemünden - 3A
  • COLT 52.08/ENGL 53.32/LACS 45.01: Literature and Culture of Americas - Stuelke - 10A
  • COLT 55.03*/ASCL 60.10: Eco-Fiction: Stories of Ghosts and Other Beings from PreModern China - Zheng - 6B
  • COLT 57.02/FRIT 35.01*: From Dagos to Sopranos - Parati - 2
  • COLT 66.01: What is Psychoanalysis?- Kritzman - 2A
  • COLT 70.08/SPAN 65.17: Media and Environment - Broner - 10A
  • COLT 72: Global Literary Theory - Morsi - 2A

Winter 2026

  • COLT 07.04: Haunting Memories: The Holocaust and its Representations - Aguado - 3A
  • COLT 10.24: Family Matters - Martín - 10
  • COLT 19.01: Translation: Theory and Practice - Canepa - TBD
  • COLT 40.01/ENG 54.14*: History of the Book - Beckman - TBD
  • COLT 57.13/FILM 42.23: Travelers, Tourists & Soujourners - Denzel - 2A
  • COLT 62.03: Zombies, Cyborgs & Clones - Kane - TBD
  • COLT 70.03: European Jewish Intellectuals - Kritzman - 2A
  • COLT 85: Senior Seminar - Fuechtner - 3B

 

Spring 2026