USC Schedule of Classes

Comparative study of works from a broad range of cultural traditions that originate from, and provide insight into, vital global locations outside the Western sphere.

Cultural dimensions of issues in globalization: migration, diaspora, terrorism, communications, climate change, collectives, production and technology, money and exchange.

Study of prose fiction in the first person as a model of fiction in general and as a reflection of the fictional structure of selfhood.

Examines contemporary Arab state-society relations using literature to illustrate how people construct meanings and portray issues of national, social, and cultural significance.

Study of the Modernist aesthetic in narrative texts by Gide, Joyce, Kafka, Woolf and others; possible focus on related trends in other literary traditions.

Introduction to works of major women writers from the Middle Agesto the 20th century in their literary, social, and cultural contexts.

Survey of cultural critique focused on Latin America as a cultural region and on Latin Americanism as a transnational academic practice.

Studies of the presence and influence of Zen Buddhism and Taoismin Asian literature, with a focus on China and Japan.

Analysis of European texts -- literary, musical, philosophical, visual -- that focus on other cultures, as well as of non-European texts dealing with Europe or European cultural forms.

Exploration of multilingual encounters in literary works, films, and theoretical texts. Topics may include immigrant languages, dialects, jargons, imaginary or hybrid languages, theories of translation.

Study of the relationship between law and narrative through Western literature, including the realist novel, medieval morality plays and Greek drama.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of an honors thesis under individual faculty supervision.

Topics focusing on social and political thought, psychoanalysis, and philosophy in relation to literary and cultural analysis.