Introduces students to works from the major Western literary periods (Baroque, Enlightenment,Romanticism, Realism, Modernism) from the 17th- through the 20th-centuries comparatively, i.e., outside their national literary boundaries. Theorizes interdisciplinarity, genre studies, periodization, comparativism, thematology, hermeneutics, criticism, etc.. Credit not granted for this course and HUMN 1020. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: Literature and the Arts.
