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Program Chair: Susan Derwin
E-mail: derwin@gss.ucsb.edu
Contents:
Julie Carlson, Ph.D. (English)
Susan Derwin, Ph.D. (Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies)
Ronald Egan, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Richard Helgerson, Ph.D. (English)
Wolf Kittler, Ph.D. (Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies)
Sydney Lévy, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Sara Lindheim, Ph.D. (Classics)
Didier Maleuvre, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Harvey Sharrer, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
Elisabeth Weber, Ph.D. (Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies)
Simon Williams, Ph.D. (Dramatic Art)
Silvia Bermúdez, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
Michael Berry, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Maurizia Boscagli, Ph.D. (English)
Edward Branigan, Ph.D. (Film Studies)
Elliot Butler-Evans, Ph.D. (English)
Leo Cabranes-Grant, Ph.D. (Drama/Spanish and Portuguese)
Thomas Carlson, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Catherine Cole, Ph.D. (Dramatic Art)
Richard Corum, Ph.D. (English)
Enda Duffy, Ph.D. (English)
James H. Donelan, Ph.D. (Writing Program)
Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook, Ph.D. (English)
Francis Dunn, Ph.D. (Classics)
Jody Enders, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
L.O. Aranye Fradenburg, Ph.D. (English)
Colin Gardner, Ph.D. (Art)
Giles Gunn, Ph.D. (English)
Carl Gutierrez-Jones, Ph.D. (English)
Richard Hecht, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Sara Poot-Herrera, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
Jocelyn Holland, Ph.D. (Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies)
Yunte Huang, Ph.D. (English)
Suzanne Jill Levine, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
Katherine Lowry, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Harold Marcuse, Ph.D. (History)
David Marshall, Ph.D. (English)
Ellen McCracken, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese)
Catherine Nesci, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
William Powell, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Eric Prieto, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Dwight Reynolds, Ph.D. (Religious Studies)
Laurence Rickels, Ph.D. (Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies)
Mark Rose, Ph.D. (English)
Katherine Saltzman-Li, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Cynthia Skenazi, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Jon Snyder, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Sven Spieker, Ph.D. (Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies)
William Warner, Ph.D. (English)
Laura Wittman, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Kay Young, Ph.D. (English)
The Comparative Literature Program offers two undergraduate major tracks leading to the B.A. degree, Comparative Literature with Foreign Language Emphasis and Comparative Literature with Interdisciplinary Emphasis, and M.A./Ph.D. and Ph.D. programs at the graduate level.
A degree in comparative literature provides preparation for possible careers as teachers and scholars in literary and cultural studies as well as for careers that require expertise in foreign languages and familiarity with multi-cultural perspectives, such as international journalism, business, law, and diplomacy.
Senior Honors Program in Comparative Literature
The honors program in comparative literature provides the opportunity for qualified majors to pursue advanced literary research. To qualify for the program, students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 (overall and/or in the major) and have completed at least two quarters of the junior year at UCSB. After consulting with their advisor in comparative literature, they may then apply to a professor of their choice with whom they will work for two quarters of their senior year on the writing of a thesis, successful completion of which will merit the award of Distinction in the Major at graduation.
Students are also encouraged to apply for admission to the College of Letters and Science Honors Program as early as possible in their college careers.
Further information about the honors program is available from the honors program advisor in comparative literature and from the academic program advisor.
Bachelor of Arts-Comparative Literature
Preparation for the major. Six quarters (or the equivalent) of a language other than English; three courses from the following: Comparative Literature 30A, 30B, 30C, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35; and one of the following series: History 2A-B-C, 4A-B-C, Art History 6A-B-C, Religious Studies 80A-B-C.
Upper-division major, Option 1, Foreign language Emphasis. A minimum of five upper-division courses in comparative literature, including Comparative Literature 100 (Introduction to Comparative Literature) and Comparative Literature 195 (Junior/Senior Seminar); six literature courses (of which a minimum of three must be in a language other than English). Students wishing to pursue graduate study in comparative literature should take Option 1 and are strongly advised to select literature courses in two foreign languages rather than a single foreign language and English. Note: By petition, up to 8 units of upper-division College of Creative Studies literature courses may be applied to the upper-division major.
Upper-division major, Option 2, Interdisciplinary Emphasis. A minimum of five upper-division courses in comparative literature, including Comparative Literature 100 (Introduction to Comparative Literature) and Comparative Literature 195 (Junior/Senior Seminar); and three literature courses (of which a minimum of one course must be in a language other than English); three courses in a single ancillary discipline (that must be chosen in consultation with the undergraduate advisor).
Note: By petition, up to 8 units of upper-division College of Creative Studies literature courses may be applied to the upper-division major.
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis. This includes both courses offered in comparative literature and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.
Preparation for the minor. Six quarters (or the equivalent) of foreign language study; two courses from the following; Comparative Literature 30A, 30B, 30C, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35.
Upper-division minor. Twenty upper-division units, distributed as follows: Comparative Literature 100, and 16 units selected from courses in comparative literature.
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see "Academic Minors" for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
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Graduate study in this program requires completion of graduate courses in comparative literature in addition to courses offered by other departments and programs. These include graduate courses in literature offered by the departments of Classics, Dramatic Art, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, English, French and Italian, Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies, and Spanish and Portuguese. Graduate course work can also be done in related departments such as Anthropology, Communication, Film Studies, History, History of Art and Architecture, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies. The M.A./Ph.D. is normally a six-year program. The Ph.D. for students who enter with an M.A. should take no more than four years. Applicants to the Comparative Literature Program should confirm that appropriate resources are available for their desired course of study.
In addition to meeting program requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must meet university degree requirements found in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB."
Admission
In addition to fulfilling all university requirements for admission to graduate status, described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB," applicants to the M.A./Ph.D. program will normally have completed an undergraduate major in comparative literature or a related field. For admission to the Ph.D. program, applicants must have completed an M.A. in comparative literature or a closely related field. Admission to both programs is based on six criteria: (1) two official sets of transcripts from all postsecondary institutions; (2) three letters of recommendation; (3) official scores on the GRE general test (sent electronically by ETS) and, if the applicant is not from an English-speaking country, official TOEFL scores (sent electronically by ETS); (4) two different writing samples; (5) two copies of the statement of purpose; and (6) competence in a foreign language. The writing samples should be substantial papers written in an upper-division or graduate literature course. Foreign language proficiency can be demonstrated by (a) submission of a writing sample in a foreign language, (b) submission of an academic transcript providing a record of classes taken in a foreign language, or (c) evidence that the applicant is a native speaker of a foreign language. The program's admission policy is based on intellectual potential and promise, academic records, and programmatic fit. The application fee is $60 and can be paid by credit card.
Master of Arts-Comparative Literature
Degree Requirements
The M.A. requires 36 units of graduate-level course work in either (a) three national literatures, or, (b) two national literatures and one related discipline chosen in consultation with the graduate advisor. The 36 units of graduate-level course work must include a minimum of 8 graduate units in each of two national literatures and 4 graduate units in the student's third national literature or the related discipline. Eight additional graduate units must be taken in comparative literature. A maximum of 4 units of 596 course work can be counted toward the master's degree. By the end of the second year of study, students must pass a written qualifying field examination or successfully complete a thesis in a national literature other than English. Those students who complete their graduate course work and the first qualifying examination with sufficient distinction will be invited to continue working toward the Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy-Comparative Literature
Degree Requirements
The Ph.D. degree in comparative literature requires the study of three fields consisting of either (a) three national literatures, or, (b) two national literatures and one related discipline. One of the literatures may be English. The other(s) must be studied in the original language. The selection of fields should be approved by the graduate advisor.
Students entering the program with an M.A. in comparative literature or a closely related field need a minimum of 24 units of additional graduate-level course work to be distributed in consultation with the graduate advisor. Additional course work may be required to make up for deficiencies. Students will present their first qualifying field examination in the first quarter of their second year at UCSB. Upon completion of the 24 units of required graduate work they will present two additional written qualifying field examinations representing their choice of two additional national literatures or a national literature and a related discipline.
For students entering the program with a B.A., a total of 60 units of graduate-level course work including work done at the M.A. level is required leading to the Ph.D. A minimum of 12 units of graduate-level course work must be completed in each of the student's three fields, plus at least 12 additional units of graduate-level course work from the offerings in the Comparative Literature Program, with the remaining 12 units to be distributed among the student's fields in consultation with the student's advisory committee. The first of three qualifying field examinations or thesis must be in a national literature other than English and is to be presented by the end of the second year of study. By this time, the first 36 units of course work should be completed. The other two qualifying field examinations and the remaining 24 units of course work should be completed by the end of the first quarter of the fourth year of study.
If necessary, students may retake each field exam one time. The written examinations are to be followed by an oral examination on the student's proposed dissertation topic administered by the dissertation committee. Students who pass this examination will be advanced to candidacy. Students working in only one foreign language will be required to take a proficiency examination in a second foreign language. The final requirement is the successful completion of a doctoral dissertation including an oral defense.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in East Asian Literatures
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies offers a doctoral emphasis to students previously admitted to the Ph.D. program in comparative literature. Students pursuing the emphasis in East Asian Literatures must complete four graduate-level courses: a pro-seminar on bibliography and research methodology (Chinese 211 or Japanese 211) and three other approved seminars or reading courses in the student's field. In addition, students of Chinese literature are expected to have completed at least three years of modern Chinese and three quarters of Classical Chinese (Chinese 101A-B-C) or the equivalent. Students of Japanese are expected to have completed at least four years of modern Japanese and one quarter each of Classical Japanese and Kanbun (Japanese 101A-B).
There are a total of 16 units of coursework required for the emphasis in East Asian literatures, which may also be counted to satisfy the 12 to 24 units of graduate coursework in a national literature necessary for the Ph.D. in comparative literature. The doctoral committee must include a faculty member from the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies department, either as committee chair or as one of the three participating members. The dissertation for the emphasis must rely in some significant measure on primary sources in Chinese or Japanese. Contact the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies for additional information on faculty research interests and course offerings.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Women's Studies
The Women's Studies Program, with over 30 core and affiliated faculty members in over eleven disciplines, serves as a mode of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Women's studies doctoral emphasis students are required to complete successfully four seminars that will enhance their understanding of feminist pedagogy, feminist theory, and topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality. Using an interdepartmental set of conversations and intellectual questions, women's studies support a multifaceted undergraduate curriculum at UCSB. Graduate emphasis students are encouraged to apply to teach women's studies courses as teaching assistants and associates as part of their women's studies training.
Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a UCSB Ph.D. program participating in the women's studies graduate emphasis: Anthropology; Comparative Literature; Dramatic Art and Dance; English; French and Italian; Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies; History; History of Art and Architecture; Religious Studies; Sociology; or Spanish and Portuguese. Candidates complete four graduate courses and select a member of the women's studies faculty or affiliated faculty to serve on their Ph.D. exam and dissertation committees. Applications to the Women's Studies Doctoral Emphasis may be submitted at any stage of Ph.D. work; and applications deadlines are November 1, 2005 and May 2, 2006.
Students pursuing the emphasis in women's studies will successfully complete four graduate courses. Only one may be taken in the student's home department.
1. Issues in Feminist Epistemology and Pedagogy (Women's Studies 270/Fall). A one-quarter seminar that considers women's studies as a distinct field. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of feminist theories of knowledge production and teaching practices. Readings cover past and present critical debates and provide theoretical approaches through which to analyze interdisciplinary epistemological and pedagogical issues.
2. Special Topics in Women's Studies (594 AA-ZZ). A one-quarter seminar offered by a women's studies faculty member on topics of central concern to the field of women's studies.
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Research Practicum (Women's Studies 280). A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporary feminist research practice are considered in light of students' own graduate projects. Students may fulfill the Area 2 requirement by taking either a Special Topics Seminar or the Research Practicum.
3. Feminist Theories. A one-quarter graduate seminar in feminist theory offered by any department, including women's studies.
4. Topical Seminar. A one-quarter graduate seminar, outside the student's home department, that addresses topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality.
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30A-B-C. Major Works of European Literature
(4-4-4) Staff
A survey of European literature.
A. Classical and medieval literature from Homer to Dante.
B. Renaissance and Neoclassical literature from Petrarch to Diderot.
C. Romantic and modern literature from Rousseau to Solzhenitsyn.
31. Major Works of Asian Literatures
(4) Egan
An introduction to the diverse literary traditions of Asia through an examination of selected works. Regional focus on East, South, and Southeast Asia varies.
32. Major Works of Middle Eastern Literatures
(4) Staff
An introduction to the diverse literary traditions of the Middle East through an examination of selected works. Regional focus on North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia varies.
33. Major Works of African Literatures
(4) Staff
An introduction to the diverse literary traditions of Africa through an examination of selected works. Regional focus on North, West, East, Central, and South Africa varies.
34. Major Works of American Literatures
(4) Staff
An introduction to the diverse literary traditions of the Americas through an examination of selected works. Regional focus on North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America varies.
35. The Making of the Modern World
(4) Lévy
Description and analysis of decisive events contributing to the world we are inhabiting. Various themes presented: city planning, war and industrial warfare, technology and media-technology, ideologies of modernity, and modern master theories.
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100. Introduction to Comparative Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Addresses questions of methodology and also development and debates in the history of literary and critical theory.
103. Going Postal: Epistolary Narratives
(4) Cook
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Investigates reappearance of the letter-novel at particular historical moments, and paradoxes built into the letter-form itself. Range of works emphasizing the eighteenth- and later twentieth-century novels, likely including works by Austen, Goethe, Hoffman, James, Montesquieu, Choderlos de Laclos, Lydia Davis, Pynchon.
104. Women and Revolution, 1790s and 1960s
(4) Carlson
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Focuses on fictional and non-fictional texts written by women during two periods of intense social and feminist activism, the 1790's in England, France, and the West Indies, and the 1960's in the U.S. and France.
107. Voyages to the Unknown
(4) Skenazi
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50.
Same course as French 146X.
The impact of the voyages of discovery on late fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. Readings on real and imaginary voyages: Columbus, Cartier, Lery, More, Rabelais, Montaigne.
113. Trauma, Memory, Historiography
(4) Derwin, Weber
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with consent of department chair.
How do individuals, communities, cultures, nations remember and/or forget, preserve and/or erase, traumatic events?
115. Introduction to Folk Tales
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: English 10 or Writing 50 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Interdisciplinary 115.
Broad survey of folk tales from all over the world. Types, motifs, research, and history.
117A-B. European Romanticism(s)
(4-4) Holland
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Roots: Romantic tendencies as they emerge against the backdrop of the eighteenth-century, the Middle Ages, and antiquity.
Cultivation: Romantic literature and science in their manifold relation to nature.
119. Psychoanalytic Theory
(4) Derwin, Weber, Fradenburg
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with consent of department chair.
Topics to be addresses each quarter will be chosen from the following: origins of psychoanalysis; sado-masochism; the death-drive; psychoanalysis and the law; group-psychology; psychoanalysis and the media; literature and psychoanalysis.
120. Adventures of Chivalry, Courtship and War: Arthurian Romance and the Chivalric Novel
(4) Sharrer
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Arthurian and chivalric fiction from the medieval period to the time of Cervantes. The evolution of the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and the rise of new chivalric heroes and modes of fiction.
124. Old Comedy/New Comedy
(4) Young
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
What is comedy? Is it what prompts laughter? Is it a particular structural form? Study of theories of comedy and comic forms across cultures and times under the headings of "Old" and""New" to work through the nature of comedy.
128B. Representing Childhood
(4) Derwin
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Course examines European and American representations of childhood in works of fiction, painting, photography, psychoanalysis, and pedagogy from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Topics include religious views of the child, sexuality and childhood, discipline, play , and children in media.
129. Theory and Text: Petrarch and Shakespeare's Sonnets
(4) Corum
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An opportunity to bring several powerful theoretical discourses to bear on the two most exceptional sonnet sequences of early modern cultures-Petrarch's at the beginning, Shakespeare's at the end.
138. The Love Letter, Desire, and Fiction
(4) Lowry
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
From seventeenth century love letters, to the letter-novel, to experimental fiction, investigation of the form and signification of the letter, gender, and the role of desire in theories of fiction in Chinese, French, and English literature.
148. Creative Chaos
(4) Holland
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Chaos: is it primordial mayhem and confusion? Or does chaos permit the possibility of form and creativity? Course explores the order and disorder of chaos within literary, scientific, and philosophical narratives. From Hesiod and Ovid through Diderot, Wordsworth, and Pynchon.
153. Border Narratives
(4) Gutierrez-Jones
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examination of novels, short stories, and films that engage U.S./Mexico border dynamics considering the ways diverse, interactive processes are affecting border culture, and inquiring into the ways cultural products critically respond to these processes.
154. Science Fiction in Eastern Europe
(4) McClain
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Slavic 154.
The genre of science fiction and its development in literature and film in the various cultures of Eastern Europe. Topics include utopia, dystopia, technology, the "mad" scientist, etc.
161. Literature of Central Europe
(4) Spieker
Same course as German 151C and Slavic 151C.
Investigation of the prolific literatures of central Europe, one of the culturally and linguistically most diverse regions of the European continent that has produced writers such as Italo Svevo, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, Bruno Schulz, and others. Readings in English.
170. Literary Translation: Theory and Practice
(4) Levine
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examination of translation and the canon, questioning the hierarchical division between translation and original, illustrating the concept of the original as translation and the literary text as "work-in-progress" in which translation forms part of the creative process.
171. Post-Colonial Francophone
(4) Prieto
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as French 192X.
French language narratives from the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Maghreb (Chamoiseau, Kourouma, Djebar, etc.). Born of the conflict between, and hybridization of widely differing cultural traditions, these texts illuminate colonial history as well as our multicultural future. In English.
173. Life Stories: Biography and Autobiography in a Comparative Context
(4) Saltzman-Li
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An exploration of biography and autobiography. Examples to be chosen from Western European, American, Japanese, and Chinese literature with a view towards defining these two terms with comparative and historicized significance.
174. Metamorphosis
(4) Holland
Narratives of metamorphosis challenge our preconceived notions of identity and form. This course investigates metamorphosis as a scientific, social, and philosophical problem, drawing from literature (Ovid, Stevenson, Kafka, Cortazar, etc.) and the visual arts, including film.
180. The European Renaissance
(4) Helgerson
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50; or Writing 109AA-ZZ or English 10.
Same course as English 144.
The generic forms and cultural issues characteristic of early modern European poetry, fiction, and drama. Such authors as Petrarch, Boccaccio, More, Rabelais, Ariosto, Montaigne, Camoes, Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, and Cervantes.
183. The Quest for Narrative in Late Imperial China
(4) Powell
An exploration of quest themes, narrative forms and performative modes in the culture of Late Imperial China based on a reading of an English translation for the sixteenth century masterpiece, The Journey to the West (Monkey).
186AA-ZZ. Interdisciplinary Comparative Literature Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different.
Interdisciplinary examination of selected topics, theories, disciplinary issues, and/or methodological questions in the combined study of literature and other areas of the humanities and humanistic sciences. Course focus will be determined by the instructor(s).
188. Narrative Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Study of various forms, e.g., novel, shorty story, essay, memoir, with a specific focus each quarter. Topics to be addressed may include strategies of narration, the history of particular narrative forms, what is meant by literary style.
191. Fantasy and the Fantastic
(4) LÉvy
Same course as French 196X.
Course explores works that manipulate our conceptions of space and time, undermining our sense of reality. Works by Balzac, Poe, Merimée, Stevenson, James, and Borges.
195. Junior/Senior Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Selected methodological issues in comparative literature. Topics vary with each instructor.
197. Upper Division Special Topics
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units.
Content will vary with each instructor.
199. Independent Studies in Comparative Literature
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in comparative literature.
Must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters. Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Comparative Literature 199 may be repeated for credit to a maximum of 30 units, but only 12 units may be applied toward the major.
Independent studies with any faculty member. To permit study of a subject desired by the student but not covered in course offerings.
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200. Seminar in Comparative Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Addresses issues of methodology and literary theory. Specific authors and topics vary from class to class.
209. Religion and Politics in Pier Pasolini and Georges Bataille
(4) Wittman
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Same course as French 209.
Explores how recent interest in the connections between religion and politics has brought to the fore the works of director, poet, and political agitator Pier Paolo Pasolini, and philosopher and founder of the Collège de Sociologie, Georges Bataille.
234. Genres of Japanese Verbal Art
(4) Lowry
An examination into Japanese verbal arts to define important genres, comprehend the process of genre birth and development, investigate Japanese notions of genre, and compare with Western aspects of genre.
235. Symbolism, Decadence, and the Origins of Modernism in Italy and France
(4) Wittman
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
From Mallarmé to Marinetti, this course explores the continuities between the obsessions of decadence (the dandy, the femme fatale, and the "death of God"), and the revolutionary claims of Modernism (asserting artistic autonomy, freeing the unconscious, politicizing the personal).
236. Media History Theory
(4) Warner
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Interweaves a study of the emergence of several kinds of twentieth century media including radio, film, television, and the internet, with key texts of media theory including Benjamin, Adorno, MdLuhan, Debord, Hall, and others.
237. Literature and the Sacred
(4) Wittman
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Same course as French 296.
Explores theories of the sacred, and its radical otherness, in relation to writing and poetics, in twentieth century French and Italian thought. Authors include: Caillois, Bataille, Paulhan, Eco Ricoeur, Cacciari, Blanchot, Vattimo, Kristiva, Derrida, Lacan, Irigaray. In English.
249. Music and Literature
(4) Prieto
Study of interrelations of music and literature, with emphasis on modernist interest in using principles from one art to guide creation in the other. Literary texts from Symbolists to Beckett and Burgess; theory: Aristotle to Adorno; music: from Wagner to S. Reich.
265. Studies in Renaissance Literature: Comparative Study of Early Modern European Literature
(4) Helgerson
Topics and content will vary and may include: the place of the domestic in early modern European drama and painting, Petrarchism and the formation of national literatures in Spain, France, and England, and Renaissance fiction from More to Cervantes.
266. Memories of the Middle Ages
(4) Enders, Fradenburg
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
From the standpoints of both rhetoric and psychoanalysis, memory is a powerful cultural tool for a contextualized study of medieval English and French literature. Focusing on theoretical and literary texts, exploration of the socio-historical and cultural circumstances of remembrance, creation, mourning.
591. Teaching Assistant Practicum
(4) Staff
Units earned do not apply toward completion of advanced degrees.
Supervised teaching of lower-division comparative literature courses at UCSB. Participation in occasional workshops related to the field of teaching will be required.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(2-18) Staff
Minimum of 2 units per quarter. No more than half of units required for M.A. may be taken in 596 series. Letter grade only.
Individual tutorial. A written proposal for each tutorial must be approved by the program chair.
597. Individual Study for M.A. Comprehensive and Ph.D. Examinations
(1-12) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree. Enrollment limited to 24 units per examination (12 units maximum in any one examination quarter). S/U grading only.
For individual study with major professor or chair or director of student's program.
598. Master's Thesis Research and Preparation
(2-12) Staff
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree. S/U grading only.
For research and writing of the master's thesis.
599. Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(2-12) Staff
S/U grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units.
For research and writing of the doctoral dissertation. Instructor should be chair of the student's doctoral committee.
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