The word `translation', which long ago meant a linguistic substitution from a source language (SL) into a target language (TL), has taken on a broader meaning in recent times. John Sturrock and Talal Asad see ethnography as an act of translation; Tejaswini Niranjana and Eric Cheyfitz employ it as a metaphor for empire; Homi Bhabha and Salman Rushdie view it as an hybrid intercultural space. The present course intends to discuss these issues in light of nineteenth century discourses in Calcutta and contemporary work in postcolonial studies.

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Often referred to as the only indigenous American film style, "film noir" in its very appellation reveals that its major effects (for certain modern conceptions of cinema) lay elsewhere. We will examine film noir in its American heyday (1945-1957) and how it came to be a major propelling force in the new European cinema of the 1960's (Godard, and the Cahiers du cinema).

This seminar will sample the recent critical debate on truth, representation and relativism; we will look at a selection of scientists, critics, writers, and artists as well, in order to describe a variety of dances on the head of this pin. Ours will be a cross-disciplinary investigation of the claims on truth - or the will to truth - across a variety of narrative representations, e.g.

will explore the history and politics of immigration, past and present. It will consider the notion of "unity in diversity" through communitarian and universalist perspectives and reflect on the current status of terms such as assimilation, integration, transnationalism, migrant, refugee, and citizen given the patterns and possibilities available for groups of individuals in an increasingly mobile world. The class will critically examine concepts such as identity, belonging and multiculturalism along with ideas that have emerged since 9/11 of "a clash of civilizations" or the "enemy within".

The course considers both practical matters and theoretical concerns for new and current graduate students of Comparative Literature. Each week a faculty member will be invited to speak on the course they teach in their fields of research and their assessment of the present and future of our discipline.

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Translation today requires advanced language and computer skills. This course covers several technologies, including desktop and internet publishing, computer tools for translation, and programs editing audio and video files. Prerequisites: Excellent knowledge of one language other than English