Focus on the ethics of comparison of literatures, peoples, cultures, and languages. Exploration of the conceptual tensions between the “world” and the “comparative” to think about identity and difference in relation to the history, methods, conceptual frameworks, canonical thinkers, critics, current issues, and debates in these fields and how they shape our reading of literature. Emphasis on close reading of both theoretical and literary texts, critical analysis, and writing in a comparative context. Course meets the General Education requirements of Analysis and Interpretation of Meaning and Equity and Power: Global. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. Meets the Equity and Power: EPG requirement.

Degree requirement — Critical Learning: AIM, Critical Perspectives: G, Equity and Power: EPG

1 unit — Davis

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Spring 2025	Block 5	World Literature/Comparative Literature	William Davis	Cossitt Hall 101C	25 / 19	07/27/2025
Spring 2026	Block 5	World Literature/Comparative	William Davis	TBA	25 / 25	07/27/2025