07-08 Undergrad Catalog | Course Descriptions

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Undergraduate Courses

201. Civilization: Literature 1. (3:3:0) Honors also.

Major world civilizations from antiquity to early Italian Renaissance, emphasizing socioeconomic, political, intellectual, and aesthetic developments, with primary focus on literary texts.

202. Civilization: Literature 2. (3:3:0) Honors also.

Major world civilizations from Europe's High Renaissance to modern times, emphasizing socioeconomic, political, intellectual, and aesthetic developments, with primary focus on literary texts.

310. Introduction to Literary Analysis and Comparative Literature. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: reading knowledge of at least one foreign language.

Methods of literary analysis, emphasizing basic issues of comparative literature and prosody and other problems related to foreign language texts.

342. Asian Literary Traditions. (3:3:0)

Comparative analysis of Asian literary works spanning several traditions.

420R. Studies in Periods and Movements. (3:3:0 ea.) Prerequisite: CmLit 310 or Hum 350 or concurrent enrollment.

Topics vary.

430R. Studies in Literary Genres. (3:3:0 ea.) Prerequisite: CmLit 310 or concurrent enrollment.

Various genres (e.g., novel, epic, tragedy) and problems of genre. Topics vary.

440R. Studies in Themes and Types. (3:3:0 ea.) Prerequisite: CmLit 310 or concurrent enrollment.

Major literary themes (e.g., Faust, Don Juan, Ulysses, Arthur), types, motifs, and problems of literary typology. Topics vary.

450R. Studies in Literary Relations. (3:3:0 ea.) Prerequisite: CmLit 310 or concurrent enrollment.

Interrelations of national literatures and figures and of literature with other areas of knowledge (art, history, law, psychology, music, etc.). Topics vary.

460R. Studies in Literary Theory. (3:3:0 ea.) Prerequisite: CmLit 310 or concurrent enrollment.

Topics vary.

495R. Directed Readings. (1–3:0:0 ea.)

497. Reading List Examination. (1:1:0) Prerequisite: CmLit 310, 342, and three 400-level seminars.

499R. Honors Thesis. (1–6:Arr.:Arr. ea.)

Graduate Courses

For 600- and 700-level courses, see the BYU 2006–2007 Graduate Catalog.

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