This is a full-year course.

Building on the skills and vocabulary acquired in Chinese II, students learn to read simple essays on topics of common interest and develop the ability to understand, summarize and discuss social issues in contemporary China. Readings are supplemented by audio-visual materials. Prerequisite: CHI 221 or permission of the instructor.

Advanced research, translation work or other scholarly project, normally building on work from a previous course with a faculty member appointed in comparative literature. Offered both semesters, with the permission of the instructor and of the program director. Qualified juniors and seniors should contact the instructor during the prior semester and must submit written proposals to the director by the end of the first week of classes. Credits: 4

This course presents a variety of practices and positions within the field of literary theory. Approaches include structuralism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, gender and queer studies, cultural studies and postcolonial studies. Emphasis on the theory as well as the practice of these methods: their assumptions about writing and reading and about literature as a cultural formation. Readings include Freud, Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Bakhtin, Gramsci, Bhabba, Butler, Said, Ng?g? wa Thiong'o, Zizek.

For majors, by arrangement with a computer science faculty member.

Comprehensive grammar review through practice in writing and reading. Literary texts and cultural material constitutes the base for in-class discussions and compositions. Students taking ITL 220 are also strongly encouraged to take ITL 235 Advanced Conversation in the fall semester. Taking both courses strengthens students' confidence and ability to become proficient in Italian. Prerequisite: ITL 110y or ITL 111 or permission of the department.

This is a full year course.

Admission by permission of the instructor and the Medieval Studies Council.