Core courses offered at Bryn Mawr College or Haverford Colleges:

200. Introduction to Comparative Literature
This course explores a variety of approaches to the comparative or trans- national study of literature through readings of several kinds: texts from different cultural traditions that raise questions about the nature and function of storytelling and literature; texts that comment on, respond to and rewrite other texts from different historical periods and nations; translations; and readings in critical theory. A reading list will be available in the fall semester. (Division III)

398. Theories and Methods in Comparative Literature
This course, required of all senior comparative literature majors in preparation for writing the senior thesis in the spring semester, explores both theoretical and applied, or practical, literary criticism, in which literary theories are put to work, often in combination, to elucidate particular texts. Throughout the semester, students collect and review theoretical and applied critical materials bearing on their own comparative thesis topics in order to situate those topics in an appropriate critical context.

399. Senior Seminar
This course is required of all senior majors in Comparative Literature during the semester when they write their senior thesis. It is intended primarily to provide a forum for discussion of the ideas treated in the thesis and any problems encountered in the development and expression of those ideas. Each instructor also serves as an advisor (along with a faculty member who specializes in the particular thesis topic) for half the theses, meeting individually with their advisees on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. In the middle of the semester, students give 30-minute formal presentations of their thesis project, distributing portions of at least one text considered in the thesis for discussion by the entire class.  

Bryn Mawr College offers the following courses in Comparative Literature:

(E = fills elective requirement; T = fills theory requirement; T/E = fills either, but not both)

155. Islamic Civilization: A Literary Introduction
(S. Kim, cross-listed as General Studies 155; does not count for credit toward the Comparative Literature major)

202. Culture and Interpretation
(Krausz, cross-listed as Philosophy 202) T

209. Introduction to Literary Analysis: Philosophical Approaches to Criticism
(Seyhan, cross-listed as German and German Studies 209 and Philosophy 209) E/T

211. Primo Levi, the Holocaust and Its Aftermath
(Patruno, cross-listed as Hebrew and Judaic Studies 209 and Italian 211) E

212. Borges y sus lectores
(Sacerio-Garí, cross-listed as Spanish 211) E

213. Approches critiques et théoriques
(Higginson, Mahuzier, Sedley,cross-listed as French and French Studies 213) T

215. "Memoria negra": la literatura afro-hispánica en África y las Américas
(Lima, cross-listed as Spanish 215) E

220. Writing the Self
(Conybeare, cross-listed as Classical Studies220) E

222. Aesthetics: the Nature and Experience of Art
(Krausz, cross-listed as Philosophy 222) E/T

226. Cine y sociedad en la Espana contemporanea
(Arribas, cross-listed Spanish 226) E

229. Movies and Mass Politics
(Tratner, cross-listed as English 229) E

230. Poetics of Desire in the Lyric Poetry of Renaissance Italy and Spain
(Quintero, cross-listed as Italian 230 and Spanish 230) E

231. Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile
(Seyhan, cross-listed as Anthropology 231 and German and German Studies 231) E

234. Postcolonial Literature in English
(Tratner, cross-listed as English 234) E

245. Women’s Narratives on Modern Migrancy, Exile and Diasporas
(Seyhan,cross-listed as Anthropology 246, German and German Studies 245 and Growth and Structure of Cities 246) E

251. Romantic Prose Fiction
(Allen) E

257. The Realist Novel Revisited
(Allen) E

260. Ariel/Calibán y el discurso americano
(Sacerio-Garí, cross-listed as Spanish 260) E

265. The Islamic Literary Tradition
(S. Kim, cross-listed as General Studies 265) E

269. Ecologies of Theater: Performance, Play and Landscape
(Lord, cross-listed as Arts Program – Theater 270) E

271. Litertura y delincuencia: explorando la novela picaresca
(Quintero, cross-listed as Spanish 270) E

275. Interpreting Mythology
(Edmonds, cross-listed as Classical Studies275) E

279. Introduction to African Literature
(Beard, cross-listed as English 279) E

292. Introduction to Critical Theories
(Tratner, cross-listed as English 292) T

299. Cultural Diversity and Its Representations
(Seyhan, cross-listed as German 299 and History of Art 299) E

302. Le printemps de la parole féminine: femmes écrivains des débuts
(Armstrong, cross-listed as French and French Studies 302) E

306. Film Theory
(staff, cross-listed as English 306 and History of Art 306) T

308. El teatro del Siglo de Oro
(Quintero, cross-listed Spanish 308) E

312. Crimen Y Detectives Narra. Hisp.
(Song, cross-listed Spanish 312) E

323. Culture and Interpretation
(Krausz, cross-listed as Philosophy 323) T

326. Etudes avancées de civilisation
(Mahuzier, cross-listed as French and French Studies 326) E

346. Modernisms
(Tratner, cross-listed as English 346) E

350. Voix médiévales et échos modernes
(Armstrong, cross-listed as French and French Studies 350) E

354. Topics in Art Criticism
(Levine, cross-listed as History of Art 354) E

359. Sacrifice, Identity and Law
(Elkins, cross-listed as Philosophy 359 and Political Science 359) E

364. Irony and Inquiry: Plato and Nietzsche
(Elkins, cross-listed as Philosophy 364 and Political Science 364) E

381. Post-Apartheid Literature
(Beard, cross-listed as English 381) E

387. Allegory in Theory and Practice
(Hedley, cross-listed as English 387) E

Haverford College offers the following courses in Comparative Literature:

(E fills elective requirement;T fills theory requirement; T/E fills either, but not both)

203b. Writing the Jewish Trajectories in Latin American
(Michelotti; cross-listed as Spanish 203b) E

205a. Studies in the Spanish American Novel
(Garcia-Castro; cross-listed as Spanish 205a) E

205b. Legends of Arthur
(McInerney; cross-listed as English 205b) E

206b. Coming of Age in Modern Literature
(Hartz) E

207b. Fictions of Spanish American History
(Castillo-Sandoval; cross-listed as Spanish 207b) E

208a. Museum Anthropology
(Gillette; cross-listed as Anthropology 208a) E

210b. Spanish and Spanish-American Film Studies
(Michelotti; cross-listed as Spanish 210b) E

211b. Instroduction to Post-Colonial Literature
(Mohan; cross-listed as English 211b) E

212a. The Classical Tradition in Western Literature
(Roberts; cross-listed as Classical Studies 212a) E

213b. Approches critiques
(Sedley; cross-listed as French and French Studies 213b) E/T

213b. Tragedy and the Tragic: Suffering, Representation, and Response
(Roberts; cross-listed as Classical Studies 213b) E

215a. Tales of Troy
(Mulligan; cross-listed as Classical Studies 215a) E

219b. Fantastic Journeys
(Fenton; cross-listed as Classical Studies 219b) E

220b. The English Epic
(McInerney; cross-listed as English 220b) E

224a. Art and Aesthetic Theory: The Model of Theodor Adorno
(Tettlebaum; cross-listed as German and German Studies 224a) T

228b. The Logos and the Tao
(Wright; cross-listed as Philosophy and East Asian Studies 228b) E/T

234b. As the World Turned: Milton and Revolutions in Modern Europe
(Sedley; cross-listed as English 234b) E

235a. Spanish-American Theater
(Michelotti; cross-listed as Spanish 235) E

241a. The Anthropology of the Mediterranean Area
(Hart; cross-listed as Anthropology 241a) E

243b. 18th C. Lit: Trans.-Atlantic Exchanges: Conversion & Revolution in Britain
(Staff; cross-listed as English 243b) E

247a. Anthropology and Literature: Ethnography of Black African Writing 1888-1988
(Noonan-Ngwane; cross-listed as Anthropology 247a) E

250a 01. Introduction à la littérature et au cinéma francophones
(Anyinefa; cross-listed as French and French Studies 250 01) E

250a. Words and Music: Tones, Words, and Images
(Cacioppo; cross-listed as Music 250a) E

250b. Words and Music: The Renaissance Text and its Muscial Readers
(Freedman; cross-listed as Music 250b) E

255a. Cinéma français/francophone et colonialisme
(Anyinefa; cross-listed as French and French Studies 255a)

258a. Vienna at the Turns of Centuries: Art, Politics, and Culture
(Tettlebaum; cross-listed in German, Humanities, and Music) E

277b. Postcolonial Women Writers
(Mohan; cross-listed as English 277b) E

290a. History of Literary Theory: Plato to Shelley
(Roberts; cross-listed as English and Classical Studies 290a) E/T

293a. Translation and otherTransformations: Theory and Practice
(Roberts; cross-listed as Classical Studies 293a) E/T

295b. Interpretation and the Other: Meaning, Understanding and Alterity
(Dawson, Finley; cross-listed as Humanities 295b, English 295b, Philosophy 295b, Religion 295b) T

301a. Topics in Philosophy of Literature
(Kosman; cross-listed as Philosophy 301a) E/T

301a. Sex and Gender in the Middle Ages
(McInerney; cross-listed as English 301a) E

302b. Speaking in Tongues: The Poetics of Essay
(McInerney; cross-listed as English 302b) E/T

303a. Seminar in Religion, Literature and Representation
(Lardas; cross-listed as Religion 303a) E

310b. The Family Novels of the Past Forty Years of Spanish America
(Garcia-Castro; cross-listed as Spanish 310b) E

312. Advanced Topics in French Literature
(Anyinefa; cross-listed as French and French Studies 312) E

315a. Novísima Literatura Hispanoamerica
(García-Castro; cross-listed as Spanish 315a) E

317a. Novels of the Spanish American "Boom"
(García-Castro; cross-listed as Spanish 317a; prerequisite: A 200 level course or consent of instructor) E

320a. Spanish-American Colonial Writings
(Castillo Sandoval; cross-listed as Spanish 320a) E

320 01. Literature and New Media: From the Gutenberg Galaxy to Cyberspace
(Schönherr; cross-listed as German and German Studies 320 01) E

332a. Topics in the Twentieth Century: Continental Philosophy Foucault on Sex and Power
(Miller; cross-listed as Philosophy 332a; Prerequisite: One 200 level course plus junior standing, or consent of the instructor) T

334b. Gender Dissidence in Hispanic Writing
(Burshatin; cross-listed as Spanish 334b) E

350a. Social and Cultural Theory: Writing, Self and Society
(Noonan-Ngwane; cross-listed as Anthropology 350a) E

353b. Topics in the Philosophy of Language
(Gangadean; cross-listed as Philosophy 353b) T

359b. Disciplining Art: The Rise of Aesthetic Theory
(Tettlebaum; cross-listed as Music, German, Philosophy, and Humanities) T

377b. Problems in Postcolonial Literature
(Mohan; cross-listed as English 377) E

381a. Textual Politics: Marxism, Feminism, and Deconstruction
(Mohan; cross-listed as English 381a) E/T

382b. On the Sublime
(Sherman; cross-listed as English 382b) E/T

385b. Popular Culture, Cultural Identity and the Arts in Latin American
(Castillo-Sandoval; cross-listed as Spanish) E

385a. Topics in British Literature: Apocalyptic Literature
(McInerney; crossed-listed as English 385a) E

389b. Problems in Poetics: The Interpretation of Lyric
(Benston; cross-listed as English 389b) T

395b. Theories of Barbarism
(Hartz; Prerequisites: Two literature courses at the 200-level or permission from the instructor; priority to enroll given to Comp Lit majors) E