ENG 480A - Studies in Comparative Literature

(3 units) CO11

Literature in English and English translation, following a historical (e.g., Classicism, Romanticism, Modernism) or a formal (e.g., narrative and fiction, drama) approach.

Maximum units a student may earn: 6

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting literature in English and translation.
2. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to comparative literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
3. analyze multiple connections between texts from geographically and/or temporally distant places and periods. (CO11)
4. show how works of literature in English and translation are shaped by their distinctive local, national, international, and transnational contexts. (CO11)

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