Introduction

This program provides an opportunity for students to take courses in which they can familiarize themselves with the great literary works and cultural contexts of the Eastern and Western traditions, from the early classical texts of Greece and China right up to the modern day. All texts not originally in English are read in translation. For information about the Program, please consult the Assistant Dean, Mr. P. Harris (416-978-3389).

This program is open to students who have completed four courses; it is advisable to take JEF 100Y1 as one of the first four courses.

WORLD LITERATURE PROGRAMS (B.A.)

Major program (B.A.):

M07851 (7 full courses or their equivalent, including at least two 300+series course)

1. JEF 100Y1, EAS 207H1+(EAS 238H1/EAS 239H1/250H1/FCS 298H1/ITA 249H1/SLA 251H1), 300Y1

2. Four full courses or their equivalent from groups A - E, but no more than two full courses or their equivalent from any one group. (At least one full course equivalent must be a 300+ series course.)

Minor program (B.A.):

R07851 (4 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 300+series course)

1. JEF 100Y1, EAS 207H1+(EAS 238H1/EAS 239H1/250H1/FCS 298H1/ITA 249H1/SLA 251H1)

2. Two full courses or their equivalent from groups A - E; one of these must be at the 300+ level (students can also take WLD 300Y1 as one of their courses in this category).

GROUP A: PROSE

CLA 202H1
The Ancient Novel

CLA 357H1
Greek Historical Writing

CLA 358H1
Roman Historical Writing

EAS 309H1
Modern Chinese Prose

EAS 323Y1
Japanese Fiction in Translation

EAS 330H1
Narrative Strategies in Modern Japanese Fiction

EAS 334Y1
Chinese Fiction: Its History and Art

FCS 398H1
Women's Diaries

FIN 350H1
The Finnish Short Story

ITA 249H1
Italians in China: From Marco Polo to Matteo Ricci

SLA 228H1
Soviet Ukrainian Fiction in Translation

SLA 240Y1
The 19th Century Russian Novel

SLA 312H1
Nabokov

SLA 314H1
Dostoevsky

SLA 317H1
Tolstoy

SLA 416Y1
Polish Prose

SLA 354H1
Topics in 19th Century Russian Literature

GROUP B: DRAMA

CLA 300Y1
Greek Tragedy and Comedy

DRM 260H1
History of the Greek and Roman Theatre

DRM 264H1
History of Western Theatre from 1660 to 1800

DRM 266H1
History of Western Theatre from 1800 to the Present

EAS 233H1
History of China's Performing Arts

GER 232H1
German Drama in Translation

ITA 390H1
The Commedia dell’Arte

SLA 337H1
Masterworks of Drama

SLA 406Y1
Polish Drama

GROUP C: ANCIENT & MEDIAEVAL TEXTS

CLA 301H1
Greek Epic

CLA 302H1
Roman Epic

EAS 238H1
Japanese Poetry and Fiction: Earliest Times to the 14th Century

EAS 239H1
Tales of Genji

EAS 305Y1
Art and Literary Theory of Pre-Modern China

EAS 336Y1
Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation

EAS 336H1
Chinese Literature (Pre-Qin to Tang)

EAS 337H1
Chinese Literature (Song to Qing)

EAS 338Y1
Japanese Poetry

EAS 442Y1
Representative Works of Chinese Literature

ENG 200Y1
The Bible and English Literature

ITA 311H1
Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Dante

ITA 312H1
Mediaeval Italian Literature in Translation: Petrarch and Dante

NMC 250H1
Myth, Legend and Law

NMC 251H1
Faith and Fanaticism

NMC 252H1
Tradition Challenged

NMC 253H1
Singers of Israel

NMC 255H1
Arabic Literature in Translation

NMC 280Y1
The Bible

NMC 350H1
Syriac Literature in Translation


SMC 420H1

Medieval Vernacular Literature

GROUP D: MODERN WORLD LITERATURES

EAS 250H1

Korean Literature



EAS 408H1

Modern Taiwanese Literature


EAS 456H1

Japan as Seen by ?: Reference, Apparatus, Operation


ENG 253Y1

World Literatures in English



ENG 254Y1

Contemporary Native North American Literature



ENG 256Y1

Twentieth-Century North American Jewish Literature


EST 400Y1

Estonian Literature from 1700



GER 204H1

German Literature in Translation



GER 361Y1

Introduction to Yiddish Literature in Translation



ITA 334H1

Italian Canadian Literature I: Life in a New World



ITA 493H1

Italian Canadian Literature II: Identity and Voice



NEW 322Y1

The Contemporary African Novel



SLA 211Y1

Masterworks of Russian Literature


SLA 340Y1

20th Century Russian Prose



SLA 343H1

Post-Stalinist and Contemporary Russian Literature



SLA 355H1

Topics in 20th Century Russian Literature


SLA 405Y1

Czech and Slovak Literatures

GROUP E: LITERATURES & CULTURES

CLA 160Y1

Introduction to Classical Studies



CLA 204H1

Introduction to Classical Mythology



CLA 205H1

Greek and Roman Mythology



CLA 219H1

Women in Antiquity



CLA 220H1

Women in Classical Literature



CLA 305H1

Theories of Myth




EAS 207H1

Literatures of East Asia



EAS 235Y1

Perceptions of China in Japanese Literature



EAS 385Y1

Cultures of India



FCS 195H1

From Napoleon to Asterix



FCS 293H1

Women and the Arts



FCS 297H1

Comic Books and French Culture



FCS 298H1

French Culture and Asia



FCS 331H1

French Cinema and Literature



FCS 394H1

Crime and Punishment in French Culture



FCS 497H1

Contemporary Feminisms



FIN 210Y1

Introduction to Finnish Literature & Culture



FIN 310H1

Finnish Folklore: The Kalevala



FIN 340H1

Finland-Swedish Literature and Culture



GER 150H1

German Cultural Studies I: Germany and the Germans



GER 250H1

German Cultural Studies II: Problems and Prospects



ITA 233H1

Ethnicity and Mainstream: Italian Canadian Culture



ITA 245Y1

Italian Culture and Civilization I


ITA 249H1

Italians in China: from Marco Polo to Matteo Ricci



ITA 394H1

Opera Libretto



ITA 441H1

Italian Novel into Film: Aspects of Cinematic Adaptation



ITA 494Y1

Artist as Writer



NEW 223Y1

Caribbean Literature and Society



PRT 361H1

Foreign Mappings: Portugal & Brazil Seen from Abroad



RLG 230Y1

Religion and Literature



SLA 216Y1

Survey of Polish Literature and Culture



SLA 217Y1

History of Literature and Culture



SLA 218Y1

Ukrainian Literature and Culture



SLA 227Y1

Croatian Cultural History



SLA 248H1

Women and Women's Themes in Ukrainian Literature



SLA 250Y1

Russian Cultural Heritage



SMC 343Y1

Celtic Literature and Society 500-1500



SPA 250H1

Spanish Culture and Civilization



VIC 240Y1

Renaissance Culture