CLS: Comparative Literature Studies

CLS 165. Introduction to World Literature. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to introduce students to literature representative of both Western and non-Western cultures and can be taken as an alternative to LIT 165. Not open to English majors.

Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Humanities Distributive, Writing Emphasis

CLS 199. Comparative Literature Studies, English Transfer Credits. 1-10 Credits.

Transfer Credits

Repeatable for credit.

CLS 201. Classical Greco Roman Myth in 20th Century Arts. 3 Credits.

The study of Greeks and Roman mythology and its' influence on 20th and 21st century Western culture.

Gen Ed Attribute: Interdisciplinary

CLS 203. African Studies. 3 Credits.

This course studies African culture through literature, anthropology, and history. It focuses on the socio-cultural and historical contexts of African writing through the colonial and postcolonial periods.

Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities

CLS 259. Women's Literature II. 3 Credits.

A survey of women's literature from 1800 to the present. Readings are chosen from the works of Harriet Jacobs, Ida B. Wells, Louisa Alcott, Charlotte Bronte, Jean Rhys, Virginia Woolf, Marguerite Duras, Christa Wolf, Merce Rodoreda, Jamaica Kincaid, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Alifa Rifaat, Louise Erdrich, Cherrie Moraga, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Arundati Roy among others.

Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities

CLS 260. World Literature I. 3 Credits.

A survey of world literary texts from pre-classical times to 1600.

Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Humanities Distributive, Writing Emphasis

CLS 261. World Literature II. 3 Credits.

A survey of world literary texts from 1600 to the present.

Gen Ed Attribute: Humanities Distributive

CLS 270. Life, Death, and Disease. 3 Credits.

A course treating the study of literary works, film, and selected readings from other areas (history, science, fiction, and nonfiction) to generate an understanding of the relationship of human values to medicine, illness, and issues of related importance to physicians.

Gen Ed Attribute: Health Humanities Pathway, Interdisciplinary, Writing Emphasis

CLS 333. Latina Writing. 3 Credits.

An examination of the literary works produced by Latinas in the 20th century. The study of this literature will include a cross-cultural approach that will elucidate sociopolitical themes emerging from the texts.

Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Spanish Culture Cluster

CLS 334. Earth Words/Sustaining Stories. 3 Credits.

This course focuses on hearing and telling climate change stories in multiple genres. How can cross-cultural, cross-genre or cross-era stories move society toward climate justice, resilience, and adaption?

Gen Ed Attribute: Speaking Emphasis, Sustainability Pathway

CLS 335. Latino Literature in the U.S.. 3 Credits.

This course examines the history of Latino groups (e.g. Mexicans, Cubans and South Americans) in the U.S. through literary texts written by Latinos and studies the cultural, economic and political experiences leading to their acculturation or alienation in mainstream America.

Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Spanish Culture Cluster

Equivalent courses: ESP 335

CLS 350. Computer Applications in the Humanities. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the computer and its applications in a number of humanistic disciplines (literature, history, and writing, but some attention also will be given to foreign languages, linguistics, music, and art).

CLS 365. African American Film. 3 Credits.

This course will study the history, form, and content of African-American film. The films chosen are from various genres and cover older and contemporary films.

CLS 367. Classical Greco Roman Mythology. 3 Credits.

A survey of Greek and Roman mythology from Homer to Ovid.

CLS 368. Greco Roman, Culture, Myth & Society. 3 Credits.

The study of the Trojan War myth cycle in Greek and Roman mythology through literature, history, and art from Homer through the Latin Middle Ages and the way this myth reflects the culture and society of the texts in question.

Gen Ed Attribute: Interdisciplinary

CLS 371. Law and Disorder in Literature. 3 Credits.

A look at the presentational aspects of law, legal writing and oral argument, its constructions in narrative-law as literature and literature as law, and the relationship of law to anthropology, psychology, history, and sociology.

Gen Ed Attribute: Interdisciplinary