The courses listed below are a sampling of regularly offered courses of interest to Global and Comparative Literature Majors. Each semester, majors will work with the Director of the Program to select courses that best fit their individual courses of study.
Required Courses
GCPL-1001 Introduction to Global Literature
Professor E. Francomano (Fall 2024)
GCPL Special Topics in Comparative Literature
(Topics and professors rotate each Fall semester.)
GCPL-2001 Global Noir
Professor E. Colla
GCPL-2002 Exiles, Immigrants, and Refugees
Professor T. Gentic
GCPL-2003 Literature, Authority, & the State
Professor A. Sobanet
GCPL 2005 1001 Nights in World Literature
Professor E. Colla
GCPL 2006 Translational Literature
Professor E. Francomano
GCPL-4961 Senior Thesis Tutorial
GCPL-4962 Senior Thesis Seminar
Professor E. Francomano (Spring 2025)
Comparative Approaches and Literature in Translation
Courses in many departments (Language and Literature departments, English, History, Theater and Performance Studies) adopt a comparative approach to literature and teach literature in translation. This list provides just a sample of courses that approach genres, languages, and methodologies comparatively. Students are invited to consult the bulletin to browse the available options.
ARAB-3320 Arab Film
ARAB The Arab Novel
CHIN-2129 Dreaming of Modern China
CLSS-2076 Greek Drama on the World Stage
ENGL-1110 Global Medieval Literature
ENGL-1620 Modernist Literatures
ENGL-2600 Introduction to Critical Theory
ENGL-2650 Introduction to Cultural Studies
ENGL-4092 Senses of Brown
FREN Contemporary Quebec Society/Film
FREN-4601 Health, Race, and Colonialism
ITAL Fictions of Europe
ITAL Italian Americans: Language Literature and Cinema
KREN Korean Myths and Folklore
JCIV/INAF-1140 History of the Jews through Literature and Film
JCIV/INAF-1770 Israeli and Palestinian Literature and Film
JCIV/INAF-1990 Introduction to Jewish Civilization
RUSS -4441 Tolstoy: War, Truth, and Love
RUSS – Russian Novel
SPAN-3268 Foundations of Latin American Film
SPAN-3285 Food and Culture, Global History
SPAN-4559 Don Quixote
THEO Introduction to Biblical Literature
TPST-2400 World Theater Histories
TURK Anthropology, Colonialism, and Islam
Other Courses For Global and Comparative Literature Majors
Global and Comparative Literature majors can browse all current course offerings in their two areas of specialization and in the college at large by visiting the Georgetown Experience.