Comparative Literature

• CAS XL 520: Theory of the Novel
  Introduction to the theory of the novel in a comparative context. Readings may include Watt, Lukács, Bakhtin, Barthes and others on topics such as narrative voice, narrative closure, characterization, description, and desire in narrative. Novels by Austen, Flaubert, and Melville.
• CAS XL 540: Theory and Practice of Literary Translation
  Weekly series of presentations by translators from Boston and elsewhere, open to registered students and to the public. Registered students complete special projects and attend workshops.
• CAS XL 556: Topics in Literature and Culture
  Topic for Fall 2011: Literature of the Migrant. Eleven novels that all bear on human migrations. Besides examining major issues, focuses on how these books were made. Some texts are translations, but most are written by American authors. Also offered as CAS EN 584.
• CAS XL 560: Topics in Religion and Literature
  Two topics are offered Spring 2011. Students may take one or both for credit. Topic for Section A1: Apocalypse and Literature. Literary response to the biblical book of Revelation from ancient to modern times. Readings from the Bible, Dante, Langland, Rabelais, Blake, Wordsworth, Dostoevsky, Lawrence, Lorca, Beckett, and others. Reference to artistic and musical representations of apocalypse. Also offered as CAS RN 524 A1. Topic for Section B1: The Ramayana. An in-depth introduction to the Ramayana, one of the most popular, versatile, and influential stories the world has known. Together with primary source readings, a sample of scholarship on the poem's literary and theological dimensions as well as its cultural impact. Also offered as CAS RN 524 B1.

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