20 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 103X(D, FYS, CL} Misfits in Popular Culture3
The First-Year Seminar examines how Italian and French popular artist rebel against social attitudes that categorize them as “misfits”. Students will apply the Ignatian principles of social justice, acceptance of differences, and compassion for marginalized individuals to analyses of race, social class, gender, the third age, and the immigrant experience.
LIT 105(CL, D) Introduction to World Literature in Translation3
This course introduces students to significant works in English translation of world literature, while introducing the genres of narrative (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, and drama, and the critical terminology needed to discuss them. Taught in English. Readings may vary.
A survey of films from a broad range of national traditions. Topics include: the nature and value of world cinema as a perspective and approach to the critical analysis of film; constructing meaningful historical and international comparisons; cultures of production and distribution; spectatorship and performance cultures; genres; movements; and styles.
(Students who have taken LIT 107X cannot enroll in this course) The course explores how the concept of care for the suffering, vulnerable, and/or extra-ordinary bodies is articulated through narrative modes (literature, film, music). We will examine systems of care and healthcare through texts translated into English originally produced across the globe.
This First-Year Seminar explores how the concept of care for the suffering, vulnerable, and/or extra-ordinary self and other is articulated through narrative modes (literature, film, music, activist texts). We will examine systems of care and healthcare through texts translated into English from languages across the globe.
LIT 121(D) The Italian-American Experience I: Italian-American Culture3
This course investigates the cultural production through which Italian immigrants to the United States have expressed their lives in America, the experiences of emigration and immigration and adaptation and assimilation, and the issues involved in developing a new identity in their new home. Taught in English.
LIT 207(CL, D, EPW) Literature of Global Minorities3
Examination of racial and ethnic groups in the Americas and across the globe. Examination of the historical context and current situation of indigenous or diasporic minorities, women-as-minority, and other marginalized groups. Readings in English translation from literature and other disciplines. Cross listed with Women’s Studies Concentration and the Peace and Justice Program.
LIT 208(CL, D) French Masterpieces in English Translation3
The study of selected major works from the leading French writers of the 19th and 20th centuries who have made an important contribution to the development of Western civilization. Such authors as Stendhal, Flaubert, Gide, Proust, Camus and Malraux will be discussed. Taught in English.
LIT 209(CL, D) Masterworks of Russian and Slavic Literature3
A survey of major literary achievements of Slavic peoples, including Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. No knowledge of Slavic languages is required. All readings and lectures are in English.
(Prerequisites: Students taking the course for German language credit must have completed four semesters of college-level German or obtain permission of the instructor.) Today, fairytales are an important part of children’s literature and constitute broadly understood points of Western cultural reference. This seminar goes beyond contemporary tales to identify and interpret historical, political, and ideological dimensions of fairytales. Special attention to German Romanticism; Central European nationalisms; theories of culture and psychology; and gender. May be taken in combination with a one-credit language practicum, GERM 333 , for German credit.
This course addresses women’s voices and experiences in 20th century Italian literature and film. LIT 221E is taught in English and cannot count toward the Italian major or minor; LIT 221F is taught in conjunction with ITAL 333 and may count toward the Italian major or minor by arrangement with the professor.
LIT 222E/F - (D, CL, EPW) Black Italy: Afro-Italian Identities3
3 cr. (Prerequisites: None for LIT 222E; ITAL 312 or higher for LIT 222F or permission of instructor) "Black Italy" designates the group of Italians whose identity is both "Italian" and "African." This course examines how Afro-Italian artists contribute to the shift away from an antiquated notion of "Italianness" and towards the development of a more socially reflective multicultural and multiethnic identity in 21st century Italy. Taught in English.
None for LIT 222E; ITAL 312 or higher for LIT 222F or permission of instructor) "Black Italy" designates the group of Italians whose identity is both "Italian" and "African." This course examines how Afro-Italian artists contribute to the shift away from an antiquated notion of "Italianness" and towards the development of a more socially reflective multicultural and multiethnic identity in 21st century Italy. Taught in English.
LIT 223E(D) Italian Cinema3
A study of films by some of Italy’s major directors. Focus on theme, style, and the impact of historical and cultural events on the films. Films with subtitles. LIT 223E is taught in English and cannot count toward the Italian major or minor; LIT 223F is taught in conjunction with ITAL 333 and may count toward the Italian major or minor by arrangement with the professor.
LIT 225(D, EPW) Monsters, Aliens, and Superheroes: The Other in French and Italian Cinema3
This course explores how the issues of exceptionality, aberration, and deviation from established social and cultural norms are represented in French and Italian Cinema across different time periods. Course will focus on marginality based on gender, immigration, disability, age, as well as monstrosity in a literal and figurative sense.
LIT 323E(EPW, D) Topics in French and Francophone Cinema3
The course offers an in-depth exploration through cinema of issues in Francophone culture such as gender, women’s rights, and post-colonial identity. LIT 325E is taught in English and cannot count toward the major or minor; LIT 325F is taught in conjunction with FREN 333 and may count toward the French and Francophone Studies major or minor by arrangement with the professor.
The course investigates the representation of femininity and masculinity in Italian cinema. Taught in English; films with subtitles. LIT 325E is taught in English and cannot count toward the Italian major or minor; LIT 325F is taught in conjunction with ITAL 333 and may count toward the Italian major or minor by arrangement with the professor.
LIT 330E/F - (CL, D) Resistance and Resilience: Francophone Women Authors3
The course investigates Francophone women writers’ resistance to dominant modes of power such as colonialism and patriarchy. LIT 330E is taught in English and cannot count toward the French major or minor; LIT 330F may count toward the French major or minor by prior arrangement.
LIT 413(CL, D) Topics in American Minority Literature3
This course examines a particular minority group in American society through texts written by and about that group. Representative groups include, for example, Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and women. This course may be repeated for credit when content varies. Taught in English.
