CPLT 141: Introduction to East-West Comparative Studies

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 190

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: An examination of the basic issues in com- parative literature studies of non-Western literatures and cultures. From Renaissance travelogue literature to postmodern mythologies of the Orient, critical and theoretical issues are discussed in the light of the dynamic interactions between the East and the West.