COML 2030 - Comparative Literature, Film, and Media

(ALC-AS, LA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Permission of instructor required. Open to: incoming first-year students. Students must apply in writing to chair of the department of Comparative Literature. At the start of the semester students who are successfully enrolled in the course will be asked if they plan to use this course to count toward the First-Year Writing Seminar requirement. If approved, the course will not count toward LA-AS or ALC-AS.

A. Banerjee, J. Monroe.

Take your love for literature, film and media into uncharted waters. This course journeys beyond national, linguistic and disciplinary borders to explore implications of our globalized and technologized world. Engage in cutting-edge debates in the fields of comparative literature and film and media studies. Exploring texts from across the globe, we will explore how different media represent and stage encounters with the other. Authors, artists, and directors whose work we will study include people like: Rodrigo Bellot, Carmen Maria Machado, Amanda Gorman, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Hao Jingfang, Franz Kafka, and Yoko Tawada.

Topics may include: postcolonial theory, translation, BIPOC studies, gender and sexuality studies, environmental studies, and media studies. Writing assignments will include a range of forms, genres, and media that help us hone our analytical, critical, and creative understanding, reflection, and expression.