printer friendly pageCOMPLIT 202: Peripheral Modernism, in light of Modern Hebrew Poetry
Modern Hebrew Poetry is a unique, surprising branch of European and Anglo-American modernism. Reading major works of this literature -- by Bialik, Rachel, Shlonsky, Goldberg, Amichai and Ravikovitch -- will serve both as a comprehensive introduction to Modern Hebrew poetry as well as a case study of Peripheral Modernism vs. Modernism.nTaught in English. Primary sources will be available also in Hebrew.
Last offered: Autumn 2015
COMPLIT 203: The Money Philosophers: Marx, Simmel, Keynes, Hayek
In this course we will discuss selections from writings by Marx, Simmel, Keynes, and Hayek that focuses on money, a key but neglected aspect of their work. It is money that drives todays economies, rather than "business", the "market", "capital", or the "state". It is this exclusive concern with monetary phenomena that uniquely defines these authors and characterizes their work as philosophical rather than economic, sociological or anthropological.
Last offered: Winter 2015
COMPLIT 209: Advanced Readings in Persian
Close study and analysis of representative works of Persian literature (prose, poetry, drama) and culture (art, history, music, cinema, journalism) designed to enhance students reading skills by familiarizing them with a wide range of linguistic styles and registers.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Huber, M. (PI)
COMPLIT 210B: Cinematic Neorealism (COMPLIT 310B, ITALIAN 210, ITALIAN 310)
The course will consist in a close reading and theoretical assessment of a much celebrated body of films by Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti, Pasolini, and others, subtitled in English. The seminar aims to provide students with the instruments of film analysis; to engage in the study of the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of this distinctive filmic style; to debate current definitions of realism and neorealism. Taught in English.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
COMPLIT 211A: Emile Zola (FRENCH 211)
A comprehensive introduction to and historical analysis of Emile Zola's literary work as foundational for the late-nineteenth century literary movement that we call "Naturalism." The analysis of Zola's novels will be embedded in the historical situation of France in the transition from the Second Empire to the Third Republic, with special emphasis on the epistemological situation of that time. Knowledge of French desirable but participation through English translations will be possible.
Last offered: Winter 2015
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
COMPLIT 213A: Martin Heidegger (COMPLIT 313A, GERMAN 282, GERMAN 382)
Working through the most systematically important texts by Martin Heidegger and their historical moments and challenges, starting with
Being and Time (1927), but emphasizing his philosophical production after World War II. The philological and historical understanding of the texts function as a condition for the laying open of their systematic provocations within our own (early 21st-century) situations. Satisfies the capstone seminar requirement for the major tracks in Philosophy and Literature. Taught in English.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
COMPLIT 214A: Wilde's Worlds: Oscar Wilde in an International Context (FEMGEN 214A)
Introduction to Oscar Wilde's major works and their reception history in various international and transnational contexts from the 1890s to today, in conjunction with Wilde's iconic importance for LGBTQ history and rights: from Wilde's own love for Greece, Rome, and Japanese art, to his erotic and aesthetic networks in Paris; from international adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, and De Profundis across Europe, Asia, and the U.S.; to Wilde's vibrant afterlife in global cinema, the visual and performing arts, and popular culture today.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Dierkes, P. (PI)
COMPLIT 217: The Poetry of Friedrich Holderlin (GERMAN 217)
A working through of the complex prosodic forms, existential and political concerns, and poetological reflections of both the most past-oriented and most pathbreaking German poet of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. A comprehensive introduction that will attempt to develop an innovative view in which Holderlin will appear as one of the founding figures of literary Modernity. Knowledge of German desirable but participation through English translations will be possible.
Last offered: Autumn 2015
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
COMPLIT 219: Dostoevsky: Narrative Performance and Literary Theory (SLAVIC 251)
In-depth engagement with a range of Dostoevsky's genres: early works (epistolary novella
Poor Folk and experimental
Double), major novels (
Crime and Punishment,
The Idiot), less-read shorter works ("A Faint Heart," "Bobok," and "The Meek One"), and genre-bending
House of the Dead and
Diary of a Writer. Course applies recent theory of autobiography, performance, repetition and narrative gaps, to Dostoevsky's transformations of genre, philosophical and dramatic discourse, and narrative performance. Slavic students read primary texts in Russian, other participants in translation. Course conducted in English. For graduate students; undergraduates with advanced linguistic and critical competence may enroll with consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
COMPLIT 220: Renaissance Africa (AFRICAST 220E, ILAC 220E, ILAC 320E)
Literature and Portuguese expansion into Africa during the sixteenth century. Emphasis on forms of exchange between Portuguese and Africans in Morocco, Angola/Congo, South Africa, the Swahili Coast, and Ethiopia. Readings in Portuguese and English.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
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