Courses

• CAS XL 387: The Holocaust Through Film
  An examination of film using the Holocaust as its central topic. What are the political and cultural effects when genocide is represented through film? Can feature films portray history, and if so, what are the consequences for an informed society? This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Writing-intensive Course.
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  • Historical Consciousness
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course
• CAS XL 401: Sr Indep Work
  
• CAS XL 402: Sr Indep Work
  
• CAS XL 441: 1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination
  What is The Thousand and One Nights? How has this ever-expanding collection appealed to its diverse audiences? Focus on Nights' structure and themes, notable translations and offshoots in western literature and art, and later appropriations by Arab and Muslim writers. This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Writing-intensive Course.
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  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course
• CAS XL 459: Primo Levi Within Holocaust Literature
  A study of Primo Levi's writings and scientific, literary, theological, and philosophical approaches to the Holocaust. Other theorists (Arendt, Wiesel, and Muller-Hill) and other survivors' testimonies (Delbo, Borowski, Fink) are read in conjunction with Levi's works. Also offered as CAS LI 459 and RN 459.
• CAS XL 470: Topics in Comparative Literature
  May be taken for credit if topic is different. Three topics are offered Spring 2019. Section A1: From Temples to Television: Popular Culture and Religious Practice in China: explores the impact of Buddhism, Daoism, and local cults on various aspects of Chinese culture, from art and entertainment to architecture and politics. Materials include religious tracts, novels, dramas, television shows, comic books, and art works. Section B1: Melodrama in Japanese Cinema and Literature: Uses Japan as case study to examine melodrama in world film/literature. Considers how genre helps us to better understand a work of art, how cultural differences challenge that understanding, and how melodramatic works explore gender, cultural identity, morality, and sexuality. Section C1: Conceptualizations of the Imagination. What constitutes the "imagination" in literature? How does it manifest in literary forms and media? Examines works from the English, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, and explores how language grants readers access to literary consciousness.
• CAS XL 479: WLL Senior Seminar
  Through discussions of intercultural reading and translation, bibliographic assignments, student presentations, workshops, and work with a faculty language mentor, seniors majoring in WLL use this course to develop their final project: a substantial scholarly paper, translation, or creative work in a foreign language.
• CAS XL 491: Directed Study: Comparative Literature
  Application form available in department.
• CAS XL 492: Directed Study: Comparative Literature
  Application form available in department.
• 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 2018. Students may take one or both for credit. Section A1: Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. Close, careful study of Dostoevsky's masterpiece, with eye to philosophical, theological, cultural, literary significance; explores Dostoevsky's reinvention of the novel alongside questions of morality, justice, selfhood, modernity, the meaning of life. In English. (No prerequisites required for this particular topic.) Also offered as CAS LR 456 A1 and CAS RN 524 A1. Section B1: Gender and Religion in the Graphic Novel. Examines the aesthetics of comic art and the graphic novel as they emphasize gendered, religious, and cultural identities. Focus on Judaism and Islam, two storytelling traditions that use graphic novels to transport readers in time and space. Also offered as CAS RN 524 B1 and CAS WS 300 C1.

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