School of Comparative Literary Studies Dunton Tower 1701 The School Director of the School: R.M. Polzin The School of Comparative Literary Studies offers programs of graduate study leading to the degree of Master of Arts. These programs, involving courses in comparative literary studies, and, where appropriate, up to two courses from other departments, have considerable flexibility in the sense that they can be tailored to suit each student's special interests in particular periods or areas while, at the same time, through the core half courses, Comparative Literary Studies 17.501 and 17.502, and the final comprehensive examination, providing a specialized training in the techniques of comparative literary studies. The purpose of the program in comparative literary studies is to study literature in its international context, and to relate and compare literary phenomena usually studied in isolation because of linguistic barriers and the traditional departmental division of academic disciplines. Thus, taking into account the interrelation of all humanistic studies, such as the various literatures, philo-sophy, psychology, sociology, the visual arts, and history, "comparatists" view literary creation within the total complex evolution of world literature. The historical flow of literary archetypes, the role of folklore and myth in literature, recurrent problems of literary theory, and consideration of the less well known literatures of the world are some of the objects of comparative literary studies. The study of this discipline must be based on a truly comparative perspective, on a solid linguistic foundation, and on an awareness of all difficulties that arise in comparative literature, conceived as a domain both within and beyond the limits of national literatures. Students registered in other departments, who wish to register in one or more courses from the comparative literary studies program, must demonstrate a reading knowledge of the languages required for each course. Such students are encouraged to emphasize their own area of literary study in presentations and essays when the instructor judges that the content of the course(s) so permits. Three years of study at the university level will normally constitute the required level of language proficiency. Qualifying-Year Program The regulations governing admission to the qualifying-year program are outlined in the general section of this calendar. Applicants who hold only a general (pass) B.A. degree will be required to complete successfully the basic half courses, Comparative Literary Studies 17.401; Foundations of Comparative Literary Studies and Comparative Literary Studies 17.402: Theories of Literature, and to take courses from other departments of literature, or comparative literary studies (see undergraduate calendar) to achieve the equivalent of a combined honors B.A. with high honors standing. The total course program is to be worked out in consultation with the graduate studies supervisor. Formal admission to the master's program may be considered at the end of the first term. * Comparative Literary Studies 17.401 Foundations of Comparative Literary Studies The history of the discipline of comparative literature will be studied, including its beginnings in nineteenth-century France, its evolution, and its current status in Europe, the United States, and Canada. Prerequisite: Permission of the school. Fernando de Toro. * Comparative Literary Studies 17.402 Theories of Literature The course focuses on twentieth-century literary theories in the context of comparative studies, providing the student with an overall view of the theoretical discussion of literature from about 1920 to the present. Included in the study are Russian Formalism, American New Criticism, and such other approaches as the structuralist, semiotic, socio-cultural and hermeneutic. Prerequisite: Permission of the school. Master of Arts Admission Requirements The regulations governing admission to the master's program are outlined in the general section of this calendar. The specific requirements for admission to the master's program in comparative literature are the following: * An honors B.A. degree (or equivalent) with at least high honors standing in a literature (studied in the original language) or in two literatures or in a literature and a related arts subject * Proficiency in English * An ability to work at the graduate level in an additional language approved by the school. Students whose record does not clearly demonstrate this ability will be required to take as part of their program at least one half credit in the literature of this second language in the original language Program Requirements Students accepted into the master's program without having taken the two half courses, Comparative Literary Studies 17.401 and Comparative Literary Studies 17.402 (or their equivalent), will be required to take these courses as extra to the degree. The program requirements for master's candidates in comparative literature are the following: * The two half courses, Comparative Literary Studies 17.501: Problems in the Theory of Literature I and Comparative Literary Studies 17.502: Problems in the Theory of Literature II * One of the following two combinations: three graduate courses selected from those offered by Comparative Literary Studies and other departments; (one 400-level course may be substituted for a graduate course) or Comparative Literary Studies 17.599: M.A. Thesis, plus one graduate course * Comparative Literary Studies 17.593: Comprehensives in Comparative Literary Studies (written and oral) Course Patterns Certain course offerings by other departments have been drawn up by area for 1992-93. Students may wish to choose course options from: Theories and Techniques of Analysis * Art History 11.431 Topics in Iconography * French 20.542 Littérature et rhétorique: rhétorique et narratologie 20.570 Aspect littéraire culturel particulier: la pensée sociale d'Hubert Aquin * German 22.520 Von deutscher Philologie zur Sprachwissenschaft * Mass Communications 27.410 Selected Topics in Mass Communication Analysis 27.412 Selected Topics in Mass Communication Analysis * Linguistics 29.409 Seminar in Current Issues in Linguistics * Sociology and Anthropology 53.500 Classical Sociological Theory 53.536 Cultural Studies 53.537 Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies 53.539 Cultural Theory 53.583 Critical Theory Literature in a Multicultural Context * English 18.581 Canadian Poetry 18.583 Canadian Fiction * French 20.545 Thèmes, écoles, mouvements * Spanish 38.560 Aspects of Spanish-American Literature after 1888 38.570 Special Problems in Spanish-American Literature I Historical Period Studies * Art History 11.431 Topics in Iconography * French 20.544 Auteurs I: Proust et Céline 20.548 Littérature française I: Les Lais de Marie de France * German 22.544 Genres in German Literature 22.560 Period Studies * Spanish 38.520 Special Topic on Golden Age Literature Modern Literature * French 20.550 Littérature canadienne-française I: Oeuvre de Jacques Godbout * Spanish 38.560 Aspects of Spanish-American Literature after 1888 38.570 Special Problems in Spanish-American Literature I