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 19.06: Decolonizing Translation - Kolomiyets- 10A
  • COLT 62.02: Shades of Noir - Hollister - TBD
  • COLT 52.10/JWST 12.02/SPAN xx:  Jewish Literatures in Latin America: Belonging Beyond Borders- Zepp - 12

Fall 2025

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 57.13: 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

  • COLT 001: Read the World - Parati - 2
  • COLT 07.xx: Utopia - Morsi - 2A
  • COLT 10.16: Modernist Literature - McGillen -12
  • COLT 19.07/ASCL 70.25: Translating East Asian Languages - Dorsey - 10
  • COLT 19.08: Social Justice and Translation - Richter-Nilsson - TBD
  • COLT 51.03/AAAS : African Political Novel - Coly - 12
  • COLT 53.06/MES 19.03/WGSS 24.01:* Arab Feminisms - Morsi - 2A
  • COLT 57.09/ITAL 35.02/INTS 17.10: How to be a Fascist - Parati - 10
  • COLT 66.03/JWST 51*: Psychoanalysis, Jews and Gender - Fuechtner - 6B