Faculty
Ruth S. Bottigheimer, Adjunct Professor, D.A., University at Stony Brook: Children's literature; fairy tales; socio-cultural analysis of literature.
Robert Chi, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University: Modern Chinese literature, cinema, and culture; history and memory.
Román de la Campa, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota: Contemporary theories of criticism; Latin American literature; Latino culture and literature.
Krin Gabbard, Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University: The arts and their interrelations; film; jazz; psychoanalytic approaches to the arts; comparative literature methodology; Ancient Greek literature and drama.
Robert Harvey, Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley: 20th-century and contemporary literature in French and English; critical theory; film.
E. Ann Kaplan, Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University: Contemporary theory (film, literature and popular culture); psychoanalysis, postmodernism; gender and cultural studies.
Ira Livingston, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Standford University: Poetics; cultural theory; science studies; romanticism.
Sandy Petrey, Professor, Ph.D., Yale University: 19th-century fiction; theories of the novel; contemporary criticism.
Ilona Rashkow, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park: Hebrew Bible, Judaic studies,
religious studies; feminist literary criticism; literary theory (psychoanalytic); women's studies; comparative literature.
Louise O. Vasvari, Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley: Medieval literature, folklore, and linguistics; translation theory; Romance philology; semiology, art, sexuality, and literature. Recipient of the State University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1976.

Affiliated Faculty
Lou Charnon Deutsch, Hispanic Languages and Literature
William Chittick, Asian and Asian American Studies
Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood, European Languages and Literature
Joaquin Martínez-Pizzaro, English
Clyde Lee Miller, Philosophy
Nicholas Mirzoeff, Art
Sachiko Murata, Asian and Asian American Studies
Kelly Oliver, Philosophy, Women's Studies
Sung-Bae Park, Asian and Asian American Studies
Jacqueline Reich, European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Nicholas Rzhevsky, European Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Hugh J. Silverman, Philosophy
Benigno Trigo, Hispanic Languages and Literature

Adjunct Faculty
Estimated number: 3

Teaching Assistants
Estimated number: 18

1. Introduction
   Two courses that survey a literary theme historically and cross-culturally, selected from the following:
   • HUM 109 Philosophy and Literature in Social Context
   • HUM 121 Death and Afterlife in Literature
   • HUM 122 Images of Women in Literature
   • HUM 123 Sin and Sexuality in Literature
   • RLS 101 Western Religions
   • RLS 102 Eastern Religions
2. Background
   Three courses beyond the introductory level, at least two of which must be in literature (group 1) and one of which may be in a related discipline (group 2):

   Group 1:	CLS 215, CLT 211, 212, 220, 266, or one course per designator from among EGL 200-level, FRN 395, 396, ITL 395, 396, GER 344, HUR 341, JDH 261, or one of the following classical language courses: LAT 112, SKT 112
   Group 2:	JDH/RLS 230, JDS/HIS 225, 226, PHI 200, 206, 208, 264, RLS 270, RLS/AAS 240, 246, 256, 260, 280

   Note: Requirement B can also be fulfilled by completion of any minor in the department: classics, Japanese, Judaic, Korean, or religious studies.

3. Literature in the Original Language
   At least one course in literature in its original language (other than English)
4. Theory
   CLT 301 Theory of Literature
   (CCS 301 or EGL 365 may be substitued.)
5. Advanced Study
   Four upper-division courses, at least one from each of groups 1 and 2:

   Group 1:	CLT 331 Literary Genres: Poetry CLT 332 Literary Genres: Drama CLT 333 Literary Genres: Novel CLT 334 Other Literary Genres
   Group 2:	CLT 335 Interdisciplinary Study of Films CLT 361 Literature and Society CLT 362 Literature and Ideas CLT 363 Literature and the Arts

   Senior Project
   A directed study project (CLT 487 or, for students in the honors program, CLT 495) for graduating majors, to be arranged with the major advisor and an instructor of the student’s choice no later than the end of the first semester of senior standing.

   Upper-Division Writing Requirement:
   For all majors, the term paper for required course CLT 301 is evaluated by the instructor for its quality of writing. Students whose writing is satisfactory fulfill this requirement with that paper. Students who do not fulfill the requirement in CLT 301 must submit to the major advisor a portfolio of papers written for subsequent upper-division courses taken for the major, no later than the first semester of senior standing, and must achieve an evaluation of S (Satisfactory) on the portfolio. For further details consult the director of undergraduate studies or the major advisor.

Students who have maintained a grade point average of 3.50 in the major and 3.00 overall may attempt the degree in comparative literature with honors.

The honors program requires one of the following options in addition to the requirements of the major:

1. A second course in literature in the original language used for requirement C.
2. Study of a language other than that used for requirement C through the intermediate level.
3. Fulfillment of the requirements for the minor in a cognate discipline (to be approved by the major advisor; minors in language or literature recommended).In addition, students seeking the honors major must use CLT 495 to fulfill major requirement F.

1. Introduction
   One course that surveys a literary theme historically and cross-culturally, selected from the following:
   • HUM 109 Philosophy and Literature in Social Context
   • HUM 121 Death and Afterlife in Literature
   • HUM 122 Images of Women in Literature
   • HUM 123 Sin and Sexuality in Literature
   • RLS 101 Western Religions
   • RLS 102 Eastern Religions
2. Background
   Two courses beyond the introductory level, at least one of which must be in literature (group 1) and one of which may be in a related discipline (group 2):

   Group 1:	CLS 215, CLT 211, 212, 220, 266, or one course per designator from EGL 200-level, FRN 395, 396, ITL 395, 396, GER 344, HUR 341, JDH 261, or one of the following classical language courses: LAT 112 or SKT 112
   Group 2:	JDH/RLS 230, JDS/HIS 225, 226, PHI 200, 206, 208, 264, RLS 270, RLS/AAS 240, 246, 256, 260, 280

3. Literature in the Original Language
   At least one course in literature in its original language (other than English)
4. Theory
   CLT 301 Theory of Literature
5. Advanced Study
   Two upper-division courses, one from group 1, and one from group 2:

   Group 1:	CLT 331 Literary Genres: Poetry CLT 332 Literary Genres: Drama CLT 333 Literary Genres: Novel CLT 334 Other Literary Genres
   Group 2:	CLT 335 Interdisciplinary Study of Film CLT 361 Literature and Society CLT 362 Literature and Ideas CLT 363 Literature and the Arts