The creation of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures presents a unique opportunity to bring together the expertise of four former departments (Italian, Russian, German, and Hispanic Studies) in order to explore European literatures and cultures. Through the combined knowledge of LLC faculty members and the collaboration with other departments in the faculty of Arts, students in the LLC Minor in European Literature and Culture will gain a better understanding of the main cultural forces that have shaped European history and that continue to influence today’s world.
Program Information
Program Requirement:
The Minor Concentration in European Literature and Culture provides students with a broad foundation for understanding the development and interconnectedness of European culture, and its relevance for the comprehension of today’s world through the study of literature and the arts from the Middle Ages to modern times. Knowledge of a language other than English is not required to complete the program.
Required Course (3 credits)
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LLCU 210 Intr to European Lit & Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: An introduction to the study of European culture and literature through an examination of major works and periods of European literature, philosophy, and religion. All readings will be in English translation.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Izabela Zdun
Complementary Courses (15 credits)
9-15 credits selected from the list below. At least 6 credits should be at the 300-level or above.
Students with an advanced knowledge of German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish can count GERM, HISP, ITAL, and RUSS literature courses taught in those languages toward the Minor Concentration. No more than 6 credits in any given area (LLCU, GERM, HISP, ITAL, and RUSS) shall count toward the Minor Concentration (not including LLCU 210).
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GERM 355 Nietzsche and Wagner 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the relationship between the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the composer Richard Wagner. It explores their intellectual kinship, their view of art, music, and philosophy in the context of Nietzsche's critique of modernity and decadence and analyzes the Third Reich's and Hollywood's appropriation of Nietzsche and Wagner.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GERM 357 German Culture in Euro Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comparative examination of selected moments in German literary, artistic and cultural history in relation to broader European movements; focus on influences, exchanges and dialogues across national boundaries.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Course given in English
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GERM 358 Franz Kafka 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will look at the works on Franz Kafka, a "classic" modernist author, in three characteristic genres: the story, the novel, and the short prose piece. A selection of Kafka's letters and diary entries as well as critical approaches to his work will also be studied.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Benjamin Sauvé
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GERM 364 Gender&Society -German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GERM 365 Modern Short Fiction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A study of short prose forms in German throughout history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GERM 367 Topics In German Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A variety of issues significant to the development of German cultural and intellectual life.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GERM 368 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of one of the formative periods of modern European culture; examination of literature, art, thought, culture and politics in Vienna around 1900.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Course given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GERM 369 The German Novel 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Sustained engagement with the major texts of the German novel from Grimmelshausen to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
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GERM 370 Special Topics in German Film 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Intensive study of selected topics and periods in German film history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Benjamin Sauvé
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HISP 225 Hispanic Civilization 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Hispanic Studies (Arts): A survey of historical and cultural elements which constitute the background of the Hispanic world up to the 18th century; a survey of the pre-Columbian indigenous civilizations (Aztec, Maya and Inca) and the conquest of America.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Taught in English
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jose R Jouve-Martin
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HISP 226 Hispanic Civilization 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Hispanic Studies (Arts): A survey of the constitution of the ideological and political structures of the Spanish Empire in both Europe and America until the Wars of Independence; a survey of the culture and history of the Hispanic people from the early 19th Century to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Taught in English
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jose R Jouve-Martin
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HISP 301 Hisp Lit & Cult in English 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Hispanic Studies (Arts): A topic in the literatures and/or cultures of the Hispanic world will be studied, with all readings and discussion in English.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Taught in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ITAL 355 Dante and the Middle Ages 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Italian (Arts): An introduction to the work of Dante Alighieri, a pillar of medieval European literature. The times in which he lived, the institutions and cultural shifts of that era, the influence exercised by Dante's work, as well as how it has been perceived in our time.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Matteo Soranzo
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ITAL 365 The Italian Renaissance 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Italian (Arts): A presentation of the main ideas and literary masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance (13th-17thC), in the context of Italy's social, political, religious and cultural climate. Reading and discussion of selected literary texts and visual material.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Matteo Soranzo
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ITAL 374 Classics of Italian Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Italian (Arts): Key works in the history of Italian cinema; an in-depth analysis of a few exceptional works; emphasis on the complex web of relationship connecting each work to a wide range of cultural products and expressions, from literature to popular culture, in Italy and internationally.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Note: Course taught in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ITAL 450 Italy and the Visual Age 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Italian (Arts): A study of the emergence of a mass culture industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, through the survey of a variety of visual sources.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite: ITAL250 or above, from amongst courses taught in Italian or permission of Department.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ITAL 464 Machiavelli 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Italian (Arts): Machiavelli, the political thinker and man of letters. A portrait of Machiavelli as political strategist, playwright and observer of his times. Reading of The Prince as well as selected plays, letters and other writings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ITAL 465 Religious Identities in Italy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Italian (Arts): This course examines the role played by religion in shaping Italian identities by looking at the works of Dante, Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico, Galileo Galilei and other Early Modern authors in their cultural and institutional contexts. By looking at how these authors expressed their beliefs and interacted with religious institutions, students are invited to critically engage on the concept of "religion".
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ITAL 477 Italian Cinema and Video 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Italian (Arts): Different Italian film maker or videomaker every year, presenting a selection of his/her significant works. Discussions will include script analysis, interviews, articles and books by the director in focus, in addition to theoretical and critical statements by scholars. Established and new directors will be considered alternately.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ITAL 377
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Cristina Carnemolla
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LLCU 200 Topics in Film 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: This seminar focuses on a special topic in European and/or transatlantic film and visual culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LLCU 201 Literature and Culture Topics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: Special topics seminar focusing on a particularly relevant theme, recurrent motif, or a seminal movement in European and/or transatlantic literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LLCU 220 Intro to Literary Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: A literary analysis course that introduces the tools and critical terms needed for studying poetry and prose fiction, discussing formal and stylistic differences, organizing and writing critical essays.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LLCU 230 Environmental Imaginations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: This course will provide a cultural framework for examining representations of environmental issues in literary texts and films. The emphasis will be on the ways issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, and extreme weather patterns are imagined in specific cultural productions.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LLCU 279 Introduction to Film History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: An introduction to representative periods, movements and styles in the history of cinema, as well as questions of film historiography.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EAST 279 or FILM 279.
- Language of instruction: English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LLCU 300 Cinema and the Visual 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: This seminar examines topics in European and/or transatlantic cinema and visual culture, including film theory, aesthetics and historiography; media archeology; cinema and the digital; film and philosophy; cultural histories of the cinema; and approaches to moving images.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Amanda Holmes
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LLCU 301 Topics in Culture and Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Languages, Literatures&Culture: Special topics focusing on European or transatlantic intellectual traditions and movements.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- A fee of $3500 will be required to cover the costs of professors room, meals, and airfare, Project Coordinator stipend, accommodation and meals; accommodation will be based on double occupancy, two meals a day, ground transportation, academic materials, city taxes and various activities/excursions while in Italy (La Sapienza University in Rome). Students will pay their own airfare
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RUSS 217 Russia's Eternal Questions 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Exploration of cultural archetypes defining continuity and change from Peter the Great to the present; the Russian national identity, double-faith, Western and Slovophile influences, Mother Russia, superfluous men and the Eternal Feminine, anarchism, the avant-garde, Stalinism. Recurring themes traced in literature, art, film, music, pop culture and the applied arts.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Restriction: Permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RUSS 218 Russian Lit and Revolution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): The dramatic developments in Russian literature of the 20th century, from revolution, through conformity, to the ironies and anxieties of the post-Soviet era. Comrades, iconoclasts, absurdists, proletarians and aesthetes; the Gulag, the literary café, the music of the spheres, the crumbling Russian village; the reforging of humanity and the rediscovery of tradition.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- Prerequisite: None, but some background in Russian 20C history is helpful
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Laura A Beraha
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RUSS 223 Russian 19c: Literary Giants 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): The Golden Age of Russian literature: from Pushkin, Lermontov, and Gogol to the first works of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. This course traces the rise of a coherent literary tradition in Russia, exploring authors’ relationships to the burgeoning tradition and to their historical and cultural context.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Daniel W Pratt
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RUSS 224 Russian 19c. Literary Giants 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): This course explores the masterpieces of late nineteenth-century Russian literature. From psychological realism and the novel of ideas to the rise of the great short story; Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Leskov, and Chekhov.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Daniel W Pratt
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RUSS 330 Chekhov without Borders 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Chekhov’s short stories and plays. The genre of the short story and its relationship to realist, modernist, and postmodernist aesthetics. Chekhov’s influence in Russia and abroad.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Course will be given in English.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lyudmila Parts
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RUSS 337 Vladimir Nabokov 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Cross sampling of short stories and major novels by Vladimir Nabokov; his life-long love affair with language and "aesthetic bliss"; his flouting of convention from Russia's Silver Age to post-McCarthy America. Lolita in and beyond the Russian context.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in English.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Laura A Beraha
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RUSS 340 Russian Short Story 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Russian stories that encompass the major aesthetic and thematic concerns of the short story genre. Recurrent themes of language's power and limits, of childhood and old age, of art and sexuality, and of cultural, individual, and artistic memory.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RUSS 357 Leo Tolstoy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): An in-depth exploration of the literature and thought of Leo Tolstoy. This course will cover his major works of fiction as well as non-fiction essays, diary entries, and letters, with the majority of the semester devoted to his great masterpiece, War and Peace.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Lyudmila Parts
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RUSS 358 Fyodor Dostoevsky 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): An in-depth study of the writing and thought of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Through reading Dostoevsky's major novels as well as some of his short fiction and journalism in the context of his times, this course will explore Dostoevsky's contributions to literature and philosophy.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Taught in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RUSS 385 Staging Russ: Fr Push to Chekh 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Masterpieces of the Russian stage in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the emergence of a uniquely Russian dramatic sensitivity against prevailing European trends; the literary word in a public, political and/or avant-garde forum.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- At least 2 courses in literature and/or cultural studies.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Lyudmila Parts
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RUSS 427 Russian Fin de Siècle 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Russian poetry, prose, drama, book design and the visual arts from the Silver Age to WWI, from Chekhov to Blok and Belyi. The crisis of realism, decadence, symbolism, and its waning traced through the eternal feminine, the devil, the city, poetry as pure creation, and millennial crisis. Not open to students who have taken or are taking RUSS 465.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Course offered in English.
- Prerequisite(s): At least 2 courses (6 credits) in literature and/or cultural studies.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RUSS 465.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RUSS 428 Russian Avantgarde 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Russian poetry, prose, drama, the manifesto, street festivals and the explosion of experiment in the visual arts from WW1 to 1930. The avant-garde anticipates, transcends, responds and then succumbs to revolution.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): At least 2 courses (6 credits) in literature and/or cultural studies.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RUSS 466.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RUSS 430 High Stalinist Culture 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): Novels, films, art, architecture, pageantry, rhetoric and routine of the Stalinist 1930s-40s, including socialist realism as an aesthetic doctrine, utopian blueprint, target of parody, amalgam of a submerged avant-garde and state-controlled pop culture, precursor of the postmodernist simulacrum, self-proclaimed international style and/or uniquely Russian 20th-century project.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RUSS 510
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RUSS 440 Russia and Its Others 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): In-depth historical approach to cultural construction of Russian national identity and to the concept of the Other as a condition of self-representation: East, West, America, class enemies, dissidents, ethnic and sexual minorities, etc. Introduction to theoretical tools for approaching issues of national identity, alterity, (post)colonialism, exoticism, and orientalism. Not open to students who have taken RUSS 475 in 201301.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): At least 2 literature/cultural studies courses at the 200 or 300 level; or permission of the Department.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RUSS 475 in 201301.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lyudmila Parts
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RUSS 454 Narratives of Desire 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Russian (Arts): An exploration of desire as it was narrativized in Russian literature 1860-1900. The course draws on comparative examples from European literature as well as various theoretical approaches for conceptualizing love and desire.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): At least two literature courses at the 200 or 300 level or permission of the department.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
0-6 credits in literature courses offered by Classical Studies (CLAS), English (ENGL), and French (FREN) selected from the following list:
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CLAS 203 Greek Mythology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Classics: A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Lynn Kozak
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CLAS 301 Ancient Greek Lit & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Classics: Survey of ancient Greek literature in translation, covering the key genres and texts in their social and historical contexts. The material to be discussed includes Archaic epic, lyric, and elegy; Classical tragedy, comedy, and historiography; Hellenistic poetry, and literature of the Roman Imperial period.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 200.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lynn Kozak
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CLAS 302 Roman Literature and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Classics: An exploration of Roman texts written during the Republican and Imperial periods (200 BCE-400 CE) and the study of social contexts in which they were written.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 208.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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CLAS 306 Classics in Modern Media. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Classics: Receptions of the classical paradigm of Ancient Greece and Rome in modern media, the classical tradition, and current scholarship.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 206.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Lynn Kozak
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CLAS 336 Modern Greek Literature 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Classics: Offers a panorama of Modern Greek literature in translation. It examines a corpus of texts selected according to each year's thematic topic of study.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENGL 200 Survey of English Literature 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A survey of English literature before 1750 for students not registered in English programs.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
- Restriction: Not open to students in English programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENGL 201 Survey of English Lit 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A survey of English literature after 1750 for students not registered in English programs.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students in English programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENGL 215 Intro to Shakespeare 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of a selection of plays, in their intellectual and theatrical context, with an emphasis on the interplay of text and performance.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Kenneth H Borris, Mona Abousidou
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ENGL 310 Restoration & 18th C Drama 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of works of Restoration and 18th century drama.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENGL 314 20th Century Drama 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of selected representative works in modern drama and theatre.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sean Carney
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ENGL 329 English Novel:19th Century 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of representative novelists of the earlier 19th century.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Yael Halevi-Wise
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ENGL 337 Theme or Genre in Medieval Lit 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): Study of a particular theme or genre of significance to the development of medieval literature.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ENGL 347 Great Writings of Europe 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of selected texts that significantly enhance understanding of English literature.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Margaret A Kilgour
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ENGL 349 English Literature&Folklore 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of representative texts from Beowulf to the late Renaissance period in relation to their background in folk tradition. A focus on the origin and development of folklore motifs.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ENGL 356 Middle English 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of works in Middle English.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Michael Van Dussen
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ENGL 447 Xcurrents/Eng Lit & Eur Lit 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): Comparative study of English and European literature. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ENGL 456 Middle English 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): A study of works in Middle English.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Michael Van Dussen
-
FREN 355 Littérature du 20e siècle 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française depuis 1900.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Isabelle Daunais
-
FREN 360 La littérature du 19e siècle 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 19e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
FREN 362 La litt du 17e siècle 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 17e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
FREN 364 La litt du 18e siècle 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 18e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Frederic Charbonneau
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FREN 366 Litt de la Renaissance 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 16e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Clara Cartry
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FREN 453 Littérature du 20e siècle 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs et de thèmes importants de la littérature française du 20e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Les étudiants qui ont suivi le cours FREN 351 ne seront pas admis.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Arnaud Bernadet
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FREN 455 La littérature médiévale 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du moyen-âge (des origines au 15e siècle).
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Isabelle Arseneau
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FREN 456 La littérature médiévale 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du moyen-âge (des origines au 15e siècle).
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
FREN 457 La litt de la Renaissance 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 16e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Les étudiants qui ont suivi le cours 125-367 ne seront pas admis
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
FREN 458 La litt du 17e siècle 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 17e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Frederic Charbonneau
-
FREN 459 La litt du 18e siècle 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'ceuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 18e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
FREN 482 La littérature du 19e siècle 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Étude d'oeuvres, d'auteurs ou de courants de la littérature française du 19e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Isabelle Daunais
-
FREN 485 Litt. française contemporaine 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:French (Arts): Études d'ceuvres, d'auteurs ou de thèmes importants de la littérature française récente et actuelle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Michel Biron
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Minor in European Literature and Culture Advisor
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