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The study of world literature, traditionally called comparative literature, involves a global approach to the art of literature in all its forms.\u00a0 “Literature” is a unique way of using language that seeks to express human wants and needs through poetic techniques, whether in prose, poetry, drama, or song.\u00a0 Cultures have always turned to literature–whether in oral or written form–to express basic values, concerns, despairs, dreams, and hopes.\u00a0 Literature comments on what “is”, and reaches for what “might be”.\u00a0 Cultural identity is created in part through literature, and literature is used to question–at times even undermine–that identity.\u00a0 Literature may be a conservative force, emphasizing traditions, or a revolutionary force, provoking change from within.<\/p>\n
The interaction of literatures from various regions of the world also transforms the art, as authors influence each other in what we might call a “global writing experiment”.\u00a0 World Literature redefines the concept of \u201cminor\u201d or \u201cthird world\u201d literatures, as it considers \u201cmarginal\u201d artistic expressions to be as worthy of study as any classical tradition of the West or East.<\/p>\n
The World Literature Program maintains the comparative spirit of the discipline, offering courses on individual authors, literary periods, regional literatures, themes, and schools of criticism.<\/p>\n
The World Literature Program is fundamentally interdisciplinary.\u00a0 Courses come mostly from the Departments of Modern Languages and Literatures, Classics, and English, but students may also take approved courses from the Departments of Theater and Religious Studies.\u00a0 The major in World Literature requires reading in at least one language other than English, thus emphasizing that language and literature are imbricated.\u00a0 Film, as a narrative art, is also included in World Literature, as are some courses in linguistics.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Highlights” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”widget-title”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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\nDepartment of Classics
\n<\/a>Department of Cognitive Science<\/a>
\n<\/a>Department of English<\/a>
\nDepartment of Modern Languages and Literatures<\/a>
\nDepartment of Philosophy<\/a>
\nDepartment of Theater<\/a>
\nWorld Literature Colloquium Series\u00a02014-2015<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"