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For Students Entered in or after AY2008
Literature

GSS301   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Gender, Sexuality and Critical Theory

This special intensive course will examine theories of gender and sexuality that are crucial for an understanding of contemporary literature and culture.
LED272   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Readings in Classical Japanese I

I: readings in Wabun; II: readings in Kanbun, including Japanese language culture.
LED273   J CREDIT:3   WINTER  
Readings in Classical Japanese II

I: readings in Wabun; II: readings in Kanbun, including Japanese language culture.
LIT101   E CREDIT:3   WINTER  
Approaches to Literature

Using a selection of 20th century prose extracts and poetry, students will develop methods of reading and analyzing texts in class. Finally they should be able to reach some general conclusion about possible interpretations of the text, supported by concrete evidence.
LIT102   J CREDIT:3   SPRING  
Greek Language I

Classical (Attic) Greek. Three hours of classroom work per week. Grammar and selections from Greek prose. The course extends over more than a single prerequisite to younger number.
LIT103   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Greek Language II

Classical (Attic) Greek. Three hours of classroom work per week. Grammar and selections from Greek prose. The course extends over more than a single prerequisite to younger number.
LIT104   J CREDIT:3   SPRING  
History of American Literature I

The history of American literature from the Colonial period to the present, with special reference to the growth of American civilization.
LIT105   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
History of American Literature II

The history of American literature from the Colonial period to the present, with special reference to the growth of American civilization.
LIT106   E CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
History of English Literature I

A historical survey from the beginnings (Beowulf) to the present.
LIT107   J CREDIT:3   WINTER  
History of English Literature II

A historical survey from the beginnings (Beowulf) to the present.
LIT110   J CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
History of Japanese Literature I

Sequence to INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LITERATURE I, II. Emphasis on the development of the literary ideas with reference to the social background.
LIT111   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
History of Japanese Literature II

Sequence to INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LITERATURE I, II. Emphasis on the development of the literary ideas with reference to the social background.
LIT112   J CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Introduction to Japanese Literature I

General survey, with special reference to the spirit of the ages. Deals chiefly with the ancient to the pre-modern period.
LIT113   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
Introduction to Japanese Literature II

General survey, with special reference to the spirit of the ages. Deals chiefly with the ancient to the pre-modern period.
LIT114   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Invitation to French Literature

A historical survey of French Literature from the Renaissance to the present day with special emphasis on its poetical and ideological characteristics.
LIT115   J CREDIT:2   SPRING  
Latin Language I

Three hours of classroom work per week. Grammar and selections from Latin prose and poetry. The course extends over more than a single prerequisite to younger number.
LIT116   J CREDIT:2   AUTUMN  
Latin Language II

Three hours of classroom work per week. Grammar and selections from Latin prose and poetry. The course extends over more than a single prerequisite to younger number.
LIT117   E CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Modern Japanese Literature in English Translation

A broad survey of modern Japanese literature from the Meiji Restoratio to the present, with special reference to the Western impact upon its development.
LIT211   J CREDIT:2   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Classical Literature I

The authors read vary from year to year, the selection being made according to the interests and needs of the students. Examples: Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Cicero, Virgil, Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Lucretius. Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required.
LIT212   J CREDIT:2   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Classical Literature II

The authors read vary from year to year, the selection being made according to the interests and needs of the students. Examples: Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Cicero, Virgil, Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Lucretius. Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required.
LIT213   J CREDIT:2   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Classical Literature III

The authors read vary from year to year, the selection being made according to the interests and needs of the students. Examples: Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Cicero, Virgil, Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Lucretius. Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required.
LIT214   J CREDIT:2   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Classical Literature IV

The authors read vary from year to year, the selection being made according to the interests and needs of the students. Examples: Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Cicero, Virgil, Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Lucretius. Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required.
LIT215   J CREDIT:2   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Readings in Greek I

The text is selected from Plato''s works, such as Apology of Socrates or Crito, and/or Homer (I and II given alternately).
LIT216   J CREDIT:2   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Readings in Greek II

The text is selected from Plato''s works, such as Apology of Socrates or Crito, and/or Homer (I and II given alternately).
LIT217   J CREDIT:2   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Readings in Latin I

The text is selected from such authors as Cicero, Caesar, Livy, Virgil and Ovid.
LIT218   J CREDIT:2   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Readings in Latin II

The text is selected from such authors as Cicero, Caesar, Livy, Virgil and Ovid.
LIT222   E CREDIT:3   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Contemporary English Literature I

An examination of two or more contemporary British novels, against their cultural background.
LIT223   E CREDIT:3   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Contemporary English Literature II

An examination of contemporary British poetry and its background.
LIT224   E CREDIT:3   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Realism

Poetry and / or prose between the mid. 19th and early 20th centuries.
LIT225   J CREDIT:3   SPRING  
Renaissance English Literature

A study of the poetry and/or prose between C.1400-C.1600.
LIT226   E CREDIT:3   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Romanticism and Creativity

Poetry and / or prose of the romantic movement.
LIT227   E CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Shakespeare I

A survey of Shakespeare's literary background, followed by an intensive study of his works.
LIT229   E CREDIT:3   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
English Drama

Theatre in English literature from its origins to the 20th century.
LIT230   E CREDIT:3   WINTER  
Shakespeare II Performance

Shakespeare and his context in 17th-18th C. English literature.
LIT231   J CREDIT:3   WINTER  
American Poetry

Representative American poets, focusing on Emily Dickinson, with special reference to the American social milieu.
LIT232   E CREDIT:3   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
American Prose I

A survey of American writers in their historical milieu and the reading of out-standing literary works.
LIT233   E CREDIT:3   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
American Prose II

A survey of American writers in their historical milieu and the reading of out-standing literary works.
LIT241   J CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
French Poetry I

A Study on verse and prose poems. French Poetry I will mainly cover 19th century French Poetry and/or verse poems; II will mainly cover 20th and onwards French Poetry and/or prose poems. Authors and works to be studied will differ every year.
LIT242   J CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
French Poetry II

A Study on verse and prose poems. French Poetry I will mainly cover 19th century French Poetry and/or verse poems; II will mainly cover 20th and onwards French Poetry and/or prose poems. Authors and works to be studied will differ every year.
LIT243   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
French Drama

A study on French dramas from17th century to today. Authors and works to be studied will differ every year.
LIT245   O CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Contemporary French Literature and Society I

Themes, subjects and problems of French Contemporary Literature will be examined in its socio-politico-cultural contexts. Authors and works to be studied will differ every year.
LIT246   O CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Contemporary French Literature and Society II

Themes, subjects and problems of French Contemporary Literature will be examined in its socio-politico-cultural contexts. Authors and works to be studied will differ every year.
LIT247   O CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
French Literature, Cinema, Thoughts I

Problems of Artistic Representation will be examined through trans-generic points of view provided by French Literature, Cinema and Thoughts. Texts and documents to be studied will differ every year.
LIT248   O CREDIT:3   WINTER  
French Literature, Cinema, Thoughts II

Problems of Artistic Representation will be examined through trans-generic points of view provided by French Literature, Cinema and Thoughts. Texts and documents to be studied will differ every year.
LIT261   J CREDIT:3   SPRING  
Classical Japanese Literature I

Nara and Heian literature: its language, plot construction, style of expression, and characterization.
LIT262   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Classical Japanese Literature II

A study of Nara-Heian period literature: vocabulary, plot construction, style of expression, character description, etc. will be examined.
LIT263   J CREDIT:3   WINTER  
Medieval Japanese Literature

A study of the main genres and literary texts of Japanese Medieval Literature, both on the level of content and on the level of expression, aiming at the appreciation of its role in the history of Japanese Literature.
LIT264   J CREDIT:3   SPRING  
Early Modern Japanese Literature

A study of the main genres and texts of Early Modern Japanese Literature focusing on the transmission of the traditional literary values, as well as on the new movements which paved the way for the development of Modern Literature.
LIT265   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Modern Japanese Literature I

Poems, novels and dramas of leading authors and poets of the modern period, with concentration on the works of Meiji and Taisho period writers.
LIT266   J CREDIT:3   WINTER  
Modern Japanese Literature II

Poems, novels and dramas of leading authors and poets of the modern period, with concentration on the works of Meiji and Taisho period writers.
LIT271   J CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
World Literature I

Important literary works of World Literature (e. g,,. Asian Literature, East & South European Literature, South American Literature) will be studied from various perspectives. The works studied vary from year to year according to interests and needs of students.
LIT272   J CREDIT:3   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
World Literature II

Important literary works of World Literature (e. g., Asian Literature, East & South European Literature, South American Literature) will be studied from various perspectives. The works studied vary from year to year according to interests and needs of students.
LIT321   E CREDIT:3   AUTUMN  
Literature and Violence

The course will explore the uses of violence in English literature from early modernism to the present day, and relationships between violent literature, conflict, and peace in global culture.
LIT341   J CREDIT:3   WINTER  
French Novel

19th and 20th century Novels and Prose works will be studied and analyzed both textually and in their socio-cultural and literary contexts. Authors and works to be studied will differ every year.
LIT372   J CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Literary Theory and Feminism I

Special intensive study of feminist literary theory and analysis. Part I: Basic History deals with seminal texts essential to understand contemporary theoretical development.Open only to advanced students who have taken at least one course of gender studies.
LIT373   J CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Literary Theory and Feminism II

Special intensive study of feminist literary theory and analysis. Part II: New Development deals with feminist literary writings on various contemporary issues.  Open only to advanced students.It is strongly advisable that students take Part I before taking this course.
LIT374   E CREDIT:3   SPRING   Offered Alternate Year
Advanced Studies in Queer Theory

Special advanced studies in selected areas of Gender and Queer Theory. The aim of this course is to strengthen students' knowledge in Gender and Sexuality Studies from the philosophical and aesthetical point of view.  Open to advanced students with the approval of the instructor.
LIT382   E CREDIT:3   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Advanced Studies in Japanese Literature I

Special advanced study under supervision in selected topics of Japanese literature. Open to advanced students with the approval of the instructor.
LIT383   J CREDIT:3   SPRING  
Advanced Studies in Japanese Literature II

Special advanced study under supervision in selected topics of Japanese literature. Open to advanced students with the approval of the instructor.
LIT384   J CREDIT:2   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
Advanced Studies in Classics I

Special advanced study in selected topics through the reading of the original texts of Greek and Roman poets, historians and/or philosophers. Contact the instructor before registration.
LIT385   J CREDIT:2   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
Advanced Studies in Classics II

Special advanced study in selected topics through the reading of the original texts of Greek and Roman poets, historians and/or philosophers. Contact the instructor before registration.
QCFD416   J CREDIT:2   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
Methods in Greek and Roman Classics

Representative Works of Greek and Roman Classics will be examined from multiple perspectives, utilizing different methods of various disciplines such as Philosophy, Religious Studies, Literature, Archaeology, History and Linguistics.
QCTS506   J CREDIT:2   WINTER   Offered Alternate Year
Modern and Contemporary French Literature

Investigation of problems of Western literature from the point of view of comparative culture, employing interdisciplinary methods of study and research.
QCTS507   J CREDIT:2   AUTUMN   Offered Alternate Year
Gender and Literature

Investigation of problems of various literature from the perspective of gender studies.
STH391   CREDIT:3/(9)   EVERY TERM  
Senior Thesis

Senior students, under the guidance of an advisor, will select a subject related to their major and prepare a senior thesis. The final product should represent the efforts of one year of sustained and rigorous thinking, research, and writing. Required of all students in their senior year.