2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1 87, 'COMP LIT 3KK3 , CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN LITERATUREA study of, contemporary Russian literature since 1955, with specialattemtion to 'Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn an9 Yevtushenko.Three lectures; one term'Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCOMP LIT 3L03 'READING FILMA critical examination of selected films and film genres as cultiJral texts,using methods drawn from film theory and cultural studies.Three hours, plus one weekly film screening;' one term'Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above of a program in Art History,Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies andCritical Theory,'English or Theatre & Film Studies. It is recommended that, students should already have completed one of CMST 2X03, 2X06,DRAMA 2X06, THTR&FLM 2F03Cross-list: CMST 3CC3, CSCT 3C'C3, ENGLISH 3CC3, THTR&FLM 3R03(formerly DRAMA3H03) . 'This course is a,dministered by the Department of English and CulturalStudies. 'COMP LIT 3M03, ASIAN LITERATURESA study of representative texts from Asian' Literatures. The course will.focus, in particular, ori the' literatures of India, China and Japan~Three lectures;. one term ' , 'Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveOffered in ,alternate years. ,'COMP LIT: 3MM3 THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE'Through the study of rei event literature and film, with a focus on contemporaryIsraeli and Arab texts, students gain a context for the explorationof conflicts in the Middle East. ",Three hours; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level.ll or aboveCOMP LIT 3N03 ARABIC AND PERSIAN LITERATURESA ,study of representative texts from Arabic and Persian literatures, readin !=nglish translation. May include a segmenton film. 'Three lectures;' one term, Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above, Offered in alternate years.COMP LIT 3NN3 WOMEN IN GERMAN. LITERATURE AND CULTURE; This course explores the, rich literary and cultural history of wom,enwriters, filmmakers and artists from the early Middle Ages to the presentin GerJ:nan-speaking Europe~ "Three hours; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: GEHMAN 3NN3, WOMEN ST 3NN3Offered in alternate years. , " ',.,',This course is administered by' the Department of Modern Languagesand Linguistics. , ' ,COMP LIT 3Q03 THE HISTORY OF CRITICAL THEORYA survey of the main developments in critical theoryfrorn Plato to the endof the 19th century. Areas of investigation may include: art, aesthetics,civil, society, representat,ion, ethics and knowledge.Three hours; one term "Prerequisite: Regis,tration in Level III"or IV.of a Comparative Literatureprogram, Cross-list: CSCT 3003, ENGLISH 3003 ,This course is aaministerecj by the Department of English and Cultural, Studies.COMP'LlT 3QQ3 ' CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THEORYThis course e'xamin,es seiected is~ues in contemporary critical theory.Areas of investigation, may 'Include: representation, power/knowledge"discourse, subjectivity, and the ,body.Three hours; orie'term " ,Prerequisite: Registration in a program in Comparative Literature, CulturalStudies and Critical Theory, English or perrrlission of the English 'andCultural Studies Departmental Counsellor. COMP LIT 3003, CSCT 3003 orENGLISH 3003 is recommended.Cross-list: CSCT 3003, ENGLISH 3003This course is administered by the' Dep~rtment of English and Cultural,Studies.'COMP LIT 3R06POSTCOLONIAL CULTURES:THEORY AND PRACTICEA study of contemporary texts including literature, film, art and ,other formsof popular culture that engage the implications of living in a' postcolonialworld. Close consideration will be given to issues of imperialism,globalization,race, gender, ethnicity, n~tion, language and'representation.Three hours; two termsPrerequisite: Registration in Level III or IV of a Comparative, Literature"program " ,Cross-list: CSCT 3R06, ENGLISH 3R06, PEACE' $T3E06This course is, administered ,by the Department of English and CiJlturalStudies.COMP LIT 3RR3 CRITICAL RACE STUDIES,, This course exarhjn~s contemporary debates in critical race theory in anattempt to critically decode the operations of race in literary and cultural texts.Three hours; one term . •Prerequisite: Registration in a program in Comparative Literature, CulturalStudies and Critical Theory, English, Peace Studies, Women's Studies orpermission ofthe DepartmentalCoynsellor for English and Cultural StudiesCross-list: CSCT 3A03, ENGLISH 3A03, PEACE ST3A03, WOMEN ST 3H03This course is administered by tHe Department of English' and CulturalStudies.'COMP ,LIT 3SS3 19TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE~'A study of the major novels by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.Three leCtures; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCOMP LlT3T03 THE .THEATRE OF GREECE AND ROMEThe history of theatres and theatrical production in Greece and Rome,with consideration of the social significance of drama in antiquity. The'course will also include archaeological material. "Three lectures; one termPrerequisite: COMP LIT 2H03 ()r six units'of ClassicsCross-list: CLASSICS 3T03This course, iSfJ,dtn.i'!istered 'by' the Department' of Classics.COMP LIT 3TT3 MODERN JAPANESE LITERATUREIN TRANSLATIONThis is a survey course of major works in 20th-century Japanese literaturewith an emphasis on fiction published since the Second World War.Readings include Soseki,Toson, Masuji Ibuse, Kertzaburo Oe and Haruki 'Murakami.: ' ' ", ,Three lectures; one term,'Prerequisite:'Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list:' JAPAN ST 3T03Offered in' iiltemate years., . ' ' ", This course is administered by the Department of Modern Umguages ,and Linguistics.,'COMP LIT 3V03 TOPICS IN NATIONAL CINEMAS IThis course examines film in relation to nations and national contexts.Areas of investigation may include filmic production of a particular country,national belonging and transnational 'identities.,Two hourlectu,re and discussion, plus one weekly film screening;one termPrerequisite: One'of DRAMA 2B03, 2X06, THTR&FLM 1 B03, 2E03, 2F03;'and ,registration in Level III orlV ofa Comparative Lite'rature program, Cross-list: CMST 3T03, THTR&FLM 3003 (formerly DRAMA 3T03)Offered on an irregular rotation basis.This course, is administered by the School of the Arts.COMP LIT 3VV3 TOPICS IN NATIONAL CINEMAS IIThis c.Qurse examines film in relation to nations and national contexts. 'Areasof investigation include filmic production of global/local cnaracteristics. 'Two hour lecture and discussion,' plus one weekly film screening; one termPrerequisite: One of DRAMA 2B03, 2X06, THTR&FLM 1 B03, 2E03, 2F03Cross-list: CMST 3TT3, THTR&FLM 3003Antirequisite: DRAMA 3TT3Offered on an irregular rotation' basis. ,This course is administered by the School of the Arts.COMP LIT 3Y03 CLASSICAL LITERATURE AND BEYOND'A ~tudy of representative texts from the Greek and Roman literary tradi­,tionsas well as their influence and afterlife in one or more later literarytraditions. ' ,Two hours; one term , 'Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above of a program in Classics orComparative Literature, or permission of the Director of ComparativeLiterature or'the Chair of Classics''Cr,o'ss-list: CLASSICS 3Y03This course is administered by the Department of Classics.