2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog
Comparative World Literature
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Department Director: Kathryn Chew
Department Office: McIntosh Humanities Building (MHB), Rm 515
Telephone / Fax: (562) 985‑4239 / (562) 985-4863
Website: Comparative World Literature Department
Professors: Elizabeth Dahab, Vlatka Velcic, Crystal Yin Lie, Viola Lasmana
Undergraduate Advisor:
Elizabeth Dahab (562) 985-1368
Administrative Support Coordinator: Nancy Comito
Students desiring information should contact the department office for an appointment with the advisor or the director.
College: College of Liberal Arts
Courses: CWL
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ProgramsUndergraduate DegreesMinorCoursesComparative World Literature
Note: General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.
- CWL 100 - Introduction to World Literature
- CWL 101 - Introduction to Comparative World Literature
- CWL 104 - Literature and Culture of the Middle East
- CWL 115 - Intro to Health Humanities
- CWL 124 - Introduction to World Theatre and Drama
- CWL 132 - World Mythology
- CWL 161 - Reading the World
- CWL 205 - Digital Narrative and Culture
- CWL 206 - Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
- CWL 210 - Erotica, Love, Romance: Literary and Cultural Representations
- CWL 213 - Visual Studies: Comics and Graphic Narratives
- CWL 215 - From Cradle to Crypt: Representations of Lifespan
- CWL 220 - The Imagination at Play
- CWL 225 - Short Stories of the World
- CWL 230A - Heroes and Rebels: World Literature and Its Contexts from the Beginnings through the 1600s
- CWL 230B - Heroes and Rebels: World Literature and Its Contexts from the 1700s to the Present
- CWL 242 - The Bible As Literature
- CWL 265 - Intro to Literary Theory
- CWL 300 - Representing the World: Literature and Culture in Contact and Conflict
- CWL 305 - Science Fiction and Global Technologies
- CWL 314 - The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the “Middle Ages”
- CWL 315 - Literature and Medicine
- CWL 320 - Comic Spirit
- CWL 324 - Theatre Today
- CWL 344 - Literature of the Holocaust
- CWL 349 - Selected Topics - Literary Movements
- CWL 350 - Global Literature in American Culture
- CWL 361 - Global Trends in Critical Theory
- CWL 365 - Cultural Studies: Histories, Theories, and Issues
- CWL 366 - Classical Stories, Modern Voices
- CWL 402 - Selected Topics - Middle Eastern Literature and Culture
- CWL 403 - Selected Topics - Asian Literature
- CWL 404 - Selected Topics - Women in World Literature
- CWL 405 - Global Fantasy
- CWL 406 - Selected Topics - East European Literature and Culture
- CWL 410 - Literature and Music
- CWL 412 - Art and Literature
- CWL 414 - The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the “Middle Ages”
- CWL 415 - Ethnic Literature and Culture in America
- CWL 420 - Selected Topics - Comic Spirit
- CWL 430 - Dante
- CWL 440 - Selected Topics - Latin American Literary Studies
- CWL 445 - Selected Topics - American Folklore Studies
- CWL 448 - Selected Topics - Comparative Studies
- CWL 449 - Selected Topics - Major Continental Writers
- CWL 449A - Selected Topics - Major Continental Writers - Nobel Prize Laureates
- CWL 451 - Film and Novel in Society
- CWL 452 - Selected Topics - Mythology
- CWL 453 - Fairy Tales
- CWL 461 - Selected Topics - Contemporary Literary Criticism
- CWL 464 - Middle Eastern Cinemas
- CWL 480 - Undergraduate Research Seminar
- CWL 492 - Internship Program
- CWL 495 - Genre
- CWL 499 - Directed Studies
- CWL 502 - Selected Topics - Middle Eastern Literature and Culture
- CWL 503 - Selected Topics - Asian Literature
- CWL 504 - Selected Topics - Women in World Literature
- CWL 506 - Selected Topics - East European Literature and Culture
- CWL 530 - Dante
- CWL 540 - Selected Topics - Latin American Literary Studies
- CWL 545 - Selected Topics - American Folklore Studies
- CWL 548 - Selected Topics - Comparative Studies
- CWL 549 - Selected Topics - Major Continental Writers
- CWL 549A - Selected Topics - Major Continental Writers - Nobel Prize Laureates
- CWL 550 - Selected Topics - Comparative World Literature
- CWL 552 - Selected Topics - Mythology
- CWL 553 - Fairy Tales
- CWL 561 - Selected Topics - Contemporary Literary Criticism
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