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.

Comparative approach and general introduction to literature and cinema from the four major nations of maritime Southeast Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia).

Introduction to general forms of reflection on literary discourse.

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 mass-reproduced verbal and visual art forms, such as graphic novels, comics, animation, popular music, video, graffiti, advertising.

Study of health, the body and medicine through literature and culture in comparative fashion. Taught in English.

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

Cinema from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam in local and global cultural contexts.

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

The noir tradition in books and films set in Los Angeles. Emphasis on generic conventions, representations of the city, and discourses of class, gender, race.

Examination of the modern realist novel with special focus on the representation of social change (revolution, class conflict, sexual politics).

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of an honors thesis under individual faculty supervision.

Introduction to the graduate certificate in Translation Studies; study of canonical works in translation theory.

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within College disciplines. Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife college.

Varying focus on social and political thought, psychoanalysis, and philosophy in relation to literary and cultural analysis.