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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 (978-3389).

This program is open to students who have completed four courses; it is advisable to take JEF 100Y 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 courses)
1. JEF 100Y, WLD 200Y, 300Y
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 100Y, WLD 200Y
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 300Y as one of their courses in this category).

GROUP A: PROSE
CLA202H The Ancient Novel
EAS323Y Japanese Fiction in Translation
EAS334Y Chinese Fiction: Its History and Art
FIN350H The Finnish Short Story
SLA228H Soviet Ukrainian Fiction in Translation
SLA240Y The 19th Century Russian Novel
SLA314H Dostoevsky
SLA317H Tolstoy
SLA354H Topics in 19th Century Russian Literature
SLA416Y Polish Prose

GROUP B: DRAMA
CLA300Y Greek Tragedy and Comedy
DRM260H History of the Greek and Roman Theatre
DRM264H History of Western Theatre from 1660 to 1800
DRM266H History of Western Theatre from 1800 to the Present
GER232H German Drama in Translation
SLA337H Masterworks of Drama
SLA406Y Polish Drama

GROUP C: ANCIENT & MEDIAEVAL TEXTS
CLA301H Greek Epic
CLA302H Roman Epic
CLA304H Ancient Literary Criticism
EAS336Y Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation
EAS442Y Representative Works of Chinese Literature
ENG200Y The Bible and English Literature
NMC250H Myth, Legend and Law
NMC251H Faith and Fanaticism
NMC252H Tradition Challenged
NMC253H Singers of Israel
NMC255H Arabic Literature in Translation
NMC350H Syriac Literature in Translation

GROUP D: MODERN WORLD LITERATURES
EAS250H Korean Literature
ENG253Y World Literatures in English
ENG254Y Contemporary Native North American Literature
EST400Y Estonian Literature from 1700
FCS397H Gay French Writings from Gide to Genet
GER361Y Introduction to Yiddish Literature in Translation
NEW322Y The Contemporary African Novel
NEW230Y Writing and the Holocaust
NMC256Y Modern Middle Eastern Literatures
NMC356Y Readings in Modern Persian Literature in Translation
NMC455Y Women and Writing in the Middle East
SLA211Y Masterworks of Russian Literature
SLA340Y 20th Century Russian Prose
SLA343H Post-Stalinist and Contemporary Russian Literature
SLA355H Topics in 20th Century Russian Literature
SLA405Y Czech and Slovak Literatures
SPA456H Topics in the Modern Hispanic Novel

GROUP E: LITERATURES & CULTURES
CLA160Y Introduction to Classical Studies
FCS297H Comic Books and French Culture
FCS394H Crime and Punishment in French Culture
FIN210Y Introduction to Finnish Literature & Culture
FIN310H Finnish Folklore: The Kalevala
FIN340H Finland-Swedish Literature and Culture
ITA200Y Contemporary Italy
ITA233H Ethnicity and Mainstream: Italian Canadian Culture
ITA245Y Italian Culture and Civilization
NEW223Y Caribbean Literature and Society
PRT361H Foreign Mappings: Portugal & Brazil Seen from Abroad
RLG230Y Religion and Literature
SLA216Y Survey of Polish Literature and Culture
SLA217Y History of Literature and Culture
SLA218Y Ukrainian Literature and Culture
SMC343Y Celtic Literature and Society 500-1500
SPA250Y Spanish Culture and Civilization
SPA251H Catalan Culture and Civilization
VIC240Y Renaissance Culture