Department of Comparative and World Literature San Francisco State University Sample B.A. Degree programs

The following sample programs are illustrative only; each student is encouraged to develop his/her own areas of interest and specialization, in consultation with an adviser.

Program I (Vicente Fernández)

Core

CWL 400, Approaches to Comparative Literature
CWL 260, Myths of the World
CWL 420, Fear at the Edge: Contemporary Latin American Narrative
CWL 430, Heroic Tales of the Mediterranean

Program Electives

** SPAN 541, Spanish American Literature: Discovery to Early Romanticism
SPAN 545, Twentieth Century Spanish American Literature

[2 courses above fulfill 2 courses in single non-English literary tradition; both also fulfill single course in "less commonly experienced" literature; both indicate reading competence in Spanish]

** ENG 583, Shakespeare

[** denotes fulfilling requirement of 2 courses that focus on literature written before 1800]

LARA 560, Contemporary Literature of La Raza

[2 courses above -- ENG 583 and LARA 560 --fulfill 2 courses in a second national/linguistic literary tradition: English (n.b., that semester's LARA 560 consisted of literature written originally in English)]

LARA 570, Philosophy of La Raza
ENG 611, Modern Criticism
HUM 430, Postmodern Criticism
ENG 600, Theory of Literature

[4 Courses above constitute a focus on literary and critical theory]

NEXA 368, Don Juan Myth

Program II (Beatrice Goldsmith)

Core

CWL 400, Approaches to Comparative Literature
CWL 425, Faulkner, García Márquez, and Morrison
CWL 430, Heroic Tales of the Mediterranean
CWL 437, Literature of the Holocaust

Program Electives

** ITAL 492, Italian Literature before 18th century
ITAL 580, Great Figures in Italian Lit.: Svevo

[2 courses above fulfill 2 courses in single non-English literary tradition; both indicate reading competence in Italian]

## CWL 420, Foreign Writers in Italy
** CWL 425, Individual Authors: Dante

[4 courses above constitute a focus on Italian literature and representations of Italian culture]

[** denotes fulfilling requirement of 2 courses that focus on literature written before 1800]

## ENG 583, Shakespeare

[## denotes fulfilling requirement of 2 courses in second national/linguistic tradition: English (n.b., the "foreign writers" of CWL 420 were, in this case, all English or Anglo-American)].

CWL 230, Intro to World Literature

[fulfills single course including "less commonly experienced" literature]

CWL 416, Bible Ethics: Moral Story
CWL 500, Poetry and Modern Experience
ENG 603, Literature and the History of Ideas

Program III (Teena de Stael)

Core

CWL 400, Approaches to Comparative Literature
CWL 430, Heroic Tales of the Mediterranean
CWL 500, Poetry and the Modern Experience
CWL 612, Gothic and the Russian Novel in English

Program Electives

** FR 510, French Medieval and Renaissance Literature
** FR 520 French Classicism

[2 courses above fulfill 2 courses in single non-English literary tradition; both indicate reading competence in French; ** denotes fulfilling requirement of 2 courses that focus on literature written before 1800]

GER 510, German Literature I
GER 528, German Classicism

[2 courses above fulfill 2 courses in a second national/linguistic literary tradition: German]

ENG 510, The Age of Wit

[4 courses above constitute a focus on European classicism]

CWL 260, Myths of the World

[fulfills single course including "less commonly experienced" literature]

ENG 613, Feminist Literary Criticism
ENG 616, Science Fiction and Fantasy
CWL 820, International Women's Literature

Program IV (Hsien-Yung Pai)

Core

CWL 400, Approaches to Comparative Literature
CWL 230, Introduction to World Literature
CWL 420, Modern Prose of the Americas
CWL 430, Heroic Tales of the Mediterranean

Program Electives

CHIN 521, Twentieth Century Chinese Fiction

[fulfills single course including "less commonly experienced" literature; indicates reading competence in Chinese literature]

** CHIN 601, Chinese Literature in Translation: The Poetic Tradition (ancient-13th century)

[2 courses above fulfill 2 courses in single non-English literary tradition]

JAP 510, Modern Japanese Literature
JAP 560, Modern Japanese Fiction

[2 courses above fulfill 2 courses in a second national/linguistic literary tradition: Japanese]

[4 courses above could constitute a focus on comparing how Japanese and Chinese literary traditions intertwine; would probably recommend at least one more course or a special study]

** CWL 260, Myths of the World

[** fulfill requirement of 2 courses that focus on literature written before 1800]

ASAM 622, Asian American Women's Literature and the Arts
CWL 420.2, Nobel Prize Authors
ENG 618, Studies in Gay and Bisexual Literature
ENG 634, Western Culture: Queer and Canonical

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