76 courses with the subject LIT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LIT 101Ancient Greek Literature: The Rise of Athens3
Major genres (Epic; Lyric; Tragedy; Comedy) and authors (Homer; Sappho; Aeschylus; Euripides; Aristophanes) of Greek antiquity. All readings in English.
LIT 102Roman Literature: Empire and Its Discontents3
Major genres (Epic; Oratory; Love Poetry; History; Comedy) and authors (Plautus; Cicero; Catullus; Livy; Vergil) of Ancient Rome. All readings in English.
Introduction to fiction by Jewish authors. Topics include modernization, rebellion against authority, alienation, childhood, superstition, and the holocaust. Some films included.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
LIT 203Greek and Roman Epic: Heroes, Gods, and the Universe3
Iliad and Odyssey (Homer); Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes); On the Nature of Things (Lucretius); Aeneid (Vergil); Metamorphoses (Ovid). All readings in English.
This course introduces Japanese society and culture, covering key topics such as history, family dynamics, education, religion, and work-life. It provides a comprehensive overview to help students understand Japan's social structures and cultural practices in a global context.
Survey of literary, religious, philosophical, and medical texts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages on various mental states, including happiness and sadness.
The search for the meaning of human existence, for universal truths in life: the importance of individual freedom, morality, human affection and suffering in the caldron of twentieth-century Soviet socialism.
Survey of major works in the Jewish tradition, including Hebrew and Yiddish prose in translation. Themes include nature, culture, exile, humor, satire, and talking takhlis.
Study of secular and spiritual travel narratives, both factual and fictional. Included are tales of exploration, shipwreck, and pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which played a key role in literary history.
A literary and philosophical approach to Jewish mysticism (Kabbala), combined with close reading of Hasidic stories. In addition, students learn about meditation in the Judaic tradition and have an opportunity to experiment with contemplative techniques.
Introduction to Jewish humor and satire, focusing on American and Yiddish fiction and film. Informed by Freudian theories, analysis of literary works, stand-up comedy, early Yiddish movies, and American films.
This course is a sequel to LIT 241. Petrarch's poetry and prose will provide the point of departure for an examination of issues and problems in the Renaissance.
This course focuses on Machiavelli, his historical period, and his influence in modernity, by discussing selections of his political-historical writings (The Prince and the Discourses on Livy), selected letters, short stories, and plays.
LIT 247Science and Revolution in Italy from Dante to Modernity3
This course focuses on the intersections between literature and science as they relate to Italy and radical changes in knowledge and power across centuries.
This writing intensive course explores blood¿s often contradictory meanings in various genres and mediums from Ancient Greece to the present day ¿ from Latin epics to vampire films, medieval Christian iconography to medical treatises.
This course explores representations of afterlives in literature and TV shows from ancient Rome to medieval Italy to the American present. Discussions and texts are in English, with the option to read them in the original language.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
An introduction to the cultural history of contemporary Japan (1980s to the present). Focuses on the representation of social and ecological problems in literature, film, and visual culture.
A survey course of contemporary Chinese films. Historical, cultural, political, and aesthetic elements are considered, providing a portal to issues on China and the Chinese culture.
Offered only in Florence. Examines the role of food and fashion in the construction of Italian identity through literature. Rooted in the Renaissance when Italy began to establish norms for eating and dressing, food and fashion are distinguishing marks of Italy and have become major components of its international image and creative imagination.
This class introduces the student to the literary genres of Korean short stories. It emphasizes literature as a reflection of culture and focuses on developing students' abilities to respond to and interpret literary texts as well as on understanding the Korean language and culture.
This class introduces Sijo, a traditional form of Korean poetry. Sijo is a form of Korean poetry with a far-reaching history, tied heavily to the shifting cultures of the Korean peninsula and holds immense cultural and historical significance, offering insights into Korean language, philosophy, and aesthetics. This class emphasizes Sijo as a reflection of culture and focuses on developing students' abilities to interpret, respond to, and create Sijo forms as well as on understanding Korean language and culture.
Documentary films and readings of short fiction. Elements of Russian culture and provides an understanding of Russian national identity as it has developed from Kievan Russian to the present day.
The history and development of fairy tales in Russia. Begins with oral tales, influenced by early folklore and pagan rituals, and progresses through literary fairy tales and film versions.
Survey of Yiddish literature, with special attention to the classic Yiddish authors, Yiddish theater, modernism, and Yiddish women writers. Themes of minority culture, class struggle, hasidism, and the decline of the Shtetl.
Arabic culture through geography, literature, religion (Islam and other religions), ethnic groups, social divisions, films, the media, music, art, food, gender issues, and everyday life.
Examines Latina feminist and queer thought and methods for social transformation; places US women of color feminisms in conversation with Latina/o and Latin American histories, identities, cultural productions, and activisms.
LIT 346Mystics, Knights and Drunks - Introduction to Medieval Literature3
This course introduces the width and depth of medieval literature, which we read as literary texts and historical sources: stories of King Arthur and other courtly novels, works of Bocaccio and Dante, Lives of Saints, drinking songs and mystical visions.
Using scholarly texts, newspapers, blogs, digital audio, film, recent literature, and web videos, we will investigate topics that define contemporary Russia and make it seem familiar yet different to us in the West.
Russian avant-garde response to the 1917 Revolution. Literary, artistic, cinematic responses from 1917 to 1932. Includes original research in Bird Library's Special Collections.
The genre of the Russian short story from the 19th through the 21st centuries. Historical and cultural contexts. Themes, structure, stylistics, inter-textuality, and translation.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Secular and professional drama as it emerged in Renaissance Italy and spread to Spain, England, and France. Selected works of Machiavelli, Monteverdi, Cervantes, Calderon, Shakespeare, Molière, Behn and others (in English). Offered only in Florence.
Offered only in Hong Kong. Selection of classic and contemporary films by Asian filmmakers that exemplify cultural and aesthetic traditions, values, and trends.
Myths and rituals of Greek mythology and religion. Ancient poets/playwrights and important mythological themes found in later Western religious/artistic traditions. Offered only in Florence.
Offered only in Florence. By paying special attention to how certain themes are addressed immigration, organized crime, and family life this course provides a critical perspective on today's Italian society and culture. It also examines how contemporary Italian film has challenged traditional cinematic language and transgressed genre boundaries.
LIT 424Sex, Politics, Religion in Italian Literature3
Offered only in Florence. Sex, politics, and religion in Italian literature from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries, using various theoretical approaches. Explores the influence of Italian writers on British and American literature.
LIT 445Comedy in Italy: From Ancient to Modern Times3
Offered only in Florence. Explore the lively comedic tradition that began in the late Roman Republican era and continues to flourish. From the commedia dell'arte of the Renaissance to comedies of manners in the 17th to 19th centuries to experimental drama during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
