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# 2026-2027 Course Catalog

**Source**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/courses-of-instruction/cwl/
**Parent**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/courses-of-instruction/

[CWL Class Schedule](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/DEFAULT/DEFAULT/CWL)

### Courses

**[CWL 111   Bible as Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/111)**

Same as [ENGL 114](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20114 "ENGL 114") and [REL 101](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20101 "REL 101"). See [REL 101](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20101 "REL 101").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 114   Global Consciousness and Lit   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/114)**

Exploration of the cultural and historical roots of globalization and the development of global consciousness from ancient Greece to the present, as reflected primarily in literature, but also with reference to historiography, cartography, religion, art, politics, economics, and popular culture. Course materials including literary texts, articles, historical accounts, political tracts, films, and paintings focus on the mutual perception of, and historical relationships among Europe, the Arab world, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 117   Russ & E Euro Science Fiction   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/117)**

Same as [SLAV 117](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20117 "SLAV 117"). See [SLAV 117](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20117 "SLAV 117").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 119   Literature of Fantasy   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/119)**

Same as [ENGL 119](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20119 "ENGL 119"). See [ENGL 119](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20119 "ENGL 119").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 122   Russia and Black America   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/122)**

Same as [AFRO 122](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFRO%20122 "AFRO 122") and [RUSS 122](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20122 "RUSS 122"). See [RUSS 122](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20122 "RUSS 122").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Cultural Studies - US Minority

**[CWL 151   Cross-Cultural Thematics   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/151)**

Explores a combination of western and non-western literature through the focus on a shared theme, exploring differences in treatment both within and among different cultures. Several thematic focuses are offered in rotation, including concepts of love and death, environmental justice, catastrophe, gender, and others. All the themes introduce students to a wide array of famous texts from different cultures and also offer some varied perspectives for their own inevitable thoughts on these major topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term.\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 189   Literatures of the Islamic World   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/189)**

[IAI Code: H3908N] Comparative, cross-cultural study of major literary and cultural works from the Islamic world, broadly defined, including pre-Islamic cultures and their interactions with Islamic civilization. All readings in English.\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 190   Modern Asian and African Literatures   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/190)**

[IAI Code: H3908N] Comparative, cross-cultural study of major works from the postcolonial world. Topics may include pre-colonial cultures, the impact of colonialism, decolonization, modernization, and/or globalization. All readings in English.\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 191   Freshman Honors Tutorial   credit: 1 to 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/191)**

Study of selected topics on an individually arranged basis. Open only to honors students or to Cohn Scholars and Associates. May be repeated one time. Prerequisite: Consent of departmental honors advisor.\

**[CWL 199   Undergraduate Open Seminar   credit: 1 to 5 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/199)**

Credit: 1 to 5 hours. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated.\

**[CWL 201   Comparative Lit Studies   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/201)**

Introduction to various methods in comparative literary study, including genres, thematics, literary relations, literary movements, and interdisciplinary approaches.\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 202   Literature and Ideas   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/202)**

Exploration of the relation between literature and ideas through in depth study of modern thinkers, theorists, and philosophers who have greatly impacted the comparative study of literature, such as Marx, Freud, de Beauvoir, Foucault, and Said.\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 204   US Border Literatures and Cultures   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/204)**

Exploration of the cultures, experiences, and conditions of people living on and around the borders of the United States. The syllabus will place particular emphasis on the US-Mexico borderlands, a space of interaction, exchange, and confrontation between diverse communities that traverse national, racial, and linguistic borders. We will examine this dynamic space through a varied array of cultural texts, including literature, film, journalism, and scholarship. Through these texts, students will gain a deepened understanding and appreciation of the Latinx and indigenous communities that live along, around, and across today’s US-Mexico border. At the end of the semester, we will turn our attention briefly to the US-Canada border – and, in particular, to the political and cultural life of indigenous peoples living along and across the present-day US-Canada border.\

**[CWL 206   Classical Allusions in Cinema   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/206)**

Same as [CLCV 206](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20206 "CLCV 206"). See [CLCV 206](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20206 "CLCV 206").\

**[CWL 207   Indian Cinema in Context   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/207)**

Introduction to Indian mainstream (mainly Bollywood) cinema and its evolution through the last seven decades. Topics to be explored include, but not limited to, the relation between Indian society/culture and its cinematic representations, cinema's resistance to dominant nationalist and patriarchal ideologies, its interactions with the postcolonial nation-state of India, how globalization has changed the industry. All films will be screened with subtitles. No knowledge of Hindi or any other Indian language is required. Same as [MACS 207](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20207 "MACS 207").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 208   Cultures & Literatures of South Asia   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/208)**

Same as [ASST 208](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ASST%20208 "ASST 208"), [REL 208](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20208 "REL 208") and [SAME 208](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SAME%20208 "SAME 208"). See [REL 208](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20208 "REL 208").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 209   Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/209)**

Same as [JS 209](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20209 "JS 209") and [ENGL 222](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20222 "ENGL 222"). See [JS 209](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20209 "JS 209").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - US Minority

**[CWL 210   Introduction to Modern African Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/210)**

Same as [AFST 210](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFST%20210 "AFST 210") and [ENGL 211](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20211 "ENGL 211"). See [AFST 210](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFST%20210 "AFST 210").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 211   The Arab-Israeli Conflict   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/211)**

War has been a constant shadow over the lives of Israelis and Palestinians. We will examine the history of attitudes to war and peace in the region as presented through historical documents, memoirs, political statements, poetry, film and short stories. The course explores the plurality of voices and experiences of different political groups, genders, ethnicities, religions and communities. Same as [JS 211](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20211 "JS 211") and [SAME 211](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SAME%20211 "SAME 211").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 212   Israeli Cinema and Television   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/212)**

Same as [JS 212](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20212 "JS 212") and [SAME 212](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SAME%20212 "SAME 212"). See [JS 212](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20212 "JS 212").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 214   Global Hip Hop   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/214)**

Presents a historical look at hip hop, the most popular musical genre of the last 50 years. Since its beginnings in New York, hip hop has grown to be a global phenomenon that shapes music, culture, and politics in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. Our focus will be on linking “the music itself”—the recordings and live performances of hip hop—to the cultures that hip hop emerges from and shapes.\

**[CWL 215   Madness, Myth, and Murder   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/215)**

Same as [SCAN 215](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20215 "SCAN 215"). See [SCAN 215](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20215 "SCAN 215").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 216   Legends of King Arthur   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/216)**

Same as [ENGL 216](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20216 "ENGL 216") and [MDVL 216](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20216 "MDVL 216"). See [ENGL 216](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20216 "ENGL 216").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 217   Classical Chinese Lit   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/217)**

Same as [EALC 207](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20207 "EALC 207"). See [EALC 207](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20207 "EALC 207").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 218   Survey of Ukrainian Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/218)**

Same as [UKR 218](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=UKR%20218 "UKR 218"). See [UKR 218](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=UKR%20218 "UKR 218").\

**[CWL 220   Exploring the Greek and Roman World   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/220)**

Same as [CLCV 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20220 "CLCV 220"). See [CLCV 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20220 "CLCV 220").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 221   Jewish Storytelling   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/221)**

Same as [ENGL 223](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20223 "ENGL 223"), [JS 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20220 "JS 220"), [REL 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20220 "REL 220"), and [YDSH 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=YDSH%20220 "YDSH 220"). See [YDSH 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=YDSH%20220 "YDSH 220").\

**[CWL 223   The Qur'an (Koran)   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/223)**

Same as [REL 223](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20223 "REL 223"), [SAME 223](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SAME%20223 "SAME 223"). See [REL 223](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20223 "REL 223").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 224   German Literature in Trans   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/224)**

Same as [GER 200](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20200 "GER 200"). See [GER 200](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20200 "GER 200").\

**[CWL 225   Constr Afr and Carib Identity   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/225)**

Same as [AFST 209](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFST%20209 "AFST 209"), [FR 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20240 "FR 240"), and [LAST 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=LAST%20240 "LAST 240"). See [FR 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20240 "FR 240").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 226   Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/226)**

Same as [AFRO 224](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFRO%20224 "AFRO 224"). See [AFRO 224](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFRO%20224 "AFRO 224").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - US Minority

**[CWL 227   Golden Age of Russian Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/227)**

Same as [RUSS 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20220 "RUSS 220"). See [RUSS 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20220 "RUSS 220").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Advanced Composition\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 230   Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/230)**

Same as [EALC 230](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20230 "EALC 230"). See [EALC 230](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20230 "EALC 230").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 240   Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/240)**

Same as [ITAL 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20240 "ITAL 240") and [MDVL 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20240 "MDVL 240"). See [ITAL 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20240 "ITAL 240").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 241   Early Masterpieces of Western Culture   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/241)**

[IAI Code: H3906] Comparative study of major works of literature, philosophy and culture in the Western tradition from the ancient world to the Renaissance, from Homer and the Bible to Shakespeare and Cervantes. Emphasis on the works as representative of their historical and cultural period, as well as how these works create the cultural world we live in today. Prerequisite: Completion of campus Composition I general education requirement. \
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Advanced Composition\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 242   Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/242)**

[IAI Code: H3907] Comparative study of major works of literature, philosophy and culture in the Western tradition from the Enlightenment to today, from Descartes and Voltaire to Dickinson and Calvino. Emphasis on the works as representative of their historical and cultural period, as well as how these works create the cultural world we live in today.\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Advanced Composition\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 245   Survey of Polish Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/245)**

Same as [POL 245](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=POL%20245 "POL 245"). See [POL 245](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=POL%20245 "POL 245").\

**[CWL 249   Soviet and Post-Soviet Lit   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/249)**

Same as [RUSS 225](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20225 "RUSS 225"). See [RUSS 225](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20225 "RUSS 225").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 250   Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/250)**

Same as [ENGL 267](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20267 "ENGL 267") and [GER 250](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20250 "GER 250"). See [GER 250](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20250 "GER 250").\

**[CWL 251   Viking Mythology   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/251)**

Same as [MDVL 251](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20251 "MDVL 251"), [REL 251](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20251 "REL 251"), and [SCAN 251](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20251 "SCAN 251"). See [SCAN 251](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20251 "SCAN 251").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Hist & Phil\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 252   Viking Sagas in Translation   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/252)**

Same as [MDVL 252](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20252 "MDVL 252") and [SCAN 252](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20252 "SCAN 252"). See [SCAN 252](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20252 "SCAN 252").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 253   Medieval Literature and Culture   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/253)**

Same as [ENGL 202](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20202 "ENGL 202") and [MDVL 201](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20201 "MDVL 201"). See [ENGL 202](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20202 "ENGL 202").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 254   Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/254)**

Same as [ENGL 266](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20266 "ENGL 266") and [GER 251](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20251 "GER 251"). See [GER 251](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20251 "GER 251").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 255   Renaissance Literature and Culture   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/255)**

Same as [ENGL 204](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20204 "ENGL 204"). See [ENGL 204](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20204 "ENGL 204").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 257   Enlightenment Literature and Culture   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/257)**

Same as [ENGL 206](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20206 "ENGL 206"). See [ENGL 206](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20206 "ENGL 206").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 259   Early African American Literature and Culture   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/259)**

Same as [AFRO 259](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFRO%20259 "AFRO 259") and [ENGL 259](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20259 "ENGL 259"). See [ENGL 259](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20259 "ENGL 259").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Cultural Studies - US Minority

**[CWL 260   Modern African American Literature and Culture   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/260)**

Same as [AFRO 260](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFRO%20260 "AFRO 260") and [ENGL 260](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20260 "ENGL 260"). See [ENGL 260](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20260 "ENGL 260").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Cultural Studies - US Minority

**[CWL 262   Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/262)**

Same as [CLCV 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20240 "CLCV 240") and [GWS 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GWS%20240 "GWS 240"). See [CLCV 240](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20240 "CLCV 240").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 263   Odysseus and Other Heroes   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/263)**

Same as [CLCV 221](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20221 "CLCV 221"). See [CLCV 221](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20221 "CLCV 221").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 267   The Short Story   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/267)**

Same as [ENGL 245](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20245 "ENGL 245"). See [ENGL 245](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20245 "ENGL 245").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 269   British, American, and Continental Fiction   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/269)**

Examination of important thematic and structural relationships - influences, parallels, and variations - among selected major works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; readings chosen from works of Bronte, Hardy, Lawrence, Woolf, James, Faulkner, Bellow, Oates, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Stendhal, Flaubert, Camus, Kafka, Mann, Hesse, Moravia, and Pavese. All works read in English. Same as [ENGL 248](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20248 "ENGL 248"). Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.\

**[CWL 271   The Holocaust in Context - ACP   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/271)**

Same as [ENGL 268](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20268 "ENGL 268") and [GER 260](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20260 "GER 260"). See [GER 260](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20260 "GER 260").\

**[CWL 272   Sexuality and Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/272)**

Same as [GER 270](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20270 "GER 270") and [GWS 270](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GWS%20270 "GWS 270"). See [GER 270](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20270 "GER 270").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 273   The Holocaust in Context   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/273)**

Same as [ENGL 269](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20269 "ENGL 269"), [GER 261](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20261 "GER 261"), and [JS 261](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20261 "JS 261"). See [GER 261](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20261 "GER 261").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 275   Masterpieces of East Asian Lit   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/275)**

[IAI Code: H3908N] A wide-ranging introduction to the literatures of traditional China, Korea, and Japan. Selections from novels, plays, and poems are studied to gain insight into the cultures that produced them and to hone skills in textual analyses. Explores how influential texts have been repackaged and reinterpreted for modern audiences in media such as film and manga. No knowledge of Chinese or Japanese language required. Same as [CWL 275](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CWL%20275 "CWL 275").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 276   Asian Film Genres   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/276)**

Same as [EALC 276](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20276 "EALC 276") and [ENGL 276](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20276 "ENGL 276"). See [ENGL 276](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20276 "ENGL 276").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 277   Slavic Literature Survey   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/277)**

Same as [SLAV 277](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20277 "SLAV 277"). See [SLAV 277](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20277 "SLAV 277").\

**[CWL 283   Jewish Sacred Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/283)**

Same as [REL 283](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20283 "REL 283"). See [REL 283](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20283 "REL 283").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts

**[CWL 284   Modern Jewish Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/284)**

Same as [ENGL 284](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20284 "ENGL 284"), [JS 284](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20284 "JS 284"), and [REL 284](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20284 "REL 284"). See [JS 284](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20284 "JS 284").\

**[CWL 308   Chinese Popular Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/308)**

Same as [EALC 308](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20308 "EALC 308"). See [EALC 308](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20308 "EALC 308").\

**[CWL 311   Japan Lit in Translation I   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/311)**

Same as [EALC 305](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20305 "EALC 305"). See [EALC 305](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20305 "EALC 305").\

**[CWL 312   Japan Lit in Translation II   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/312)**

Same as [EALC 306](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20306 "EALC 306"). See [EALC 306](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20306 "EALC 306").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 317   Francophone Worlds   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/317)**

Same as [FR 319](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20319 "FR 319"). See [FR 319](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20319 "FR 319").\

**[CWL 320   Responses to the Holocaust   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/320)**

Course introduces a variety of Jewish and non-Jewish responses to the Holocaust created during and after the Second World War (from 1939). The discussion of Holocaust films, miniseries, memoirs, diaries, novels, short stories, poems, and other texts will focus on the unique contribution of those works to our understanding of the Holocaust. In addition, the works and their authors will be situated in their cultural and historical context. Taught in English translation. Same as [ENGL 359](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20359 "ENGL 359"), [JS 320](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=JS%20320 "JS 320"), [REL 320](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20320 "REL 320"), and [YDSH 320](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=YDSH%20320 "YDSH 320").\

**[CWL 321   Major Writers   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/321)**

Same as [RUSS 320](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20320 "RUSS 320"). See [RUSS 320](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20320 "RUSS 320").\

**[CWL 322   The Comic Imagination   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/322)**

Same as [CLCV 323](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20323 "CLCV 323") and [THEA 323](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=THEA%20323 "THEA 323"). See [CLCV 323](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20323 "CLCV 323").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Advanced Composition\
Humanities - Lit & Arts\
Cultural Studies - Western

**[CWL 323   Tolstoy   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/323)**

Same as [ENGL 323](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20323 "ENGL 323") and [RUSS 323](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20323 "RUSS 323"). See [RUSS 323](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20323 "RUSS 323").\

**[CWL 324   Dostoevsky   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/324)**

Same as [ENGL 322](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20322 "ENGL 322") and [RUSS 322](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20322 "RUSS 322"). See [RUSS 322](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20322 "RUSS 322").\

**[CWL 325   Chekhov   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/325)**

Same as [RUSS 325](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20325 "RUSS 325") and [THEA 362](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=THEA%20362 "THEA 362"). See [RUSS 325](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20325 "RUSS 325").\

**[CWL 328   Special Topics German Studies   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/328)**

Same as [GER 396](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20396 "GER 396"). See [GER 396](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20396 "GER 396").\

**[CWL 335   Nabokov   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/335)**

Same as [RUSS 335](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20335 "RUSS 335"). See [RUSS 335](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20335 "RUSS 335").\

**[CWL 350   South Asian Goddesses   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/350)**

Same as [REL 350](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20350 "REL 350") and [SAME 350](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SAME%20350 "SAME 350"). See [REL 350](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20350 "REL 350").\

**[CWL 376   Children and Youth Literature   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/376)**

Same as [EURO 376](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EURO%20376 "EURO 376"), [GWS 376](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GWS%20376 "GWS 376"), and [SCAN 376](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20376 "SCAN 376"). See [SCAN 376](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20376 "SCAN 376").\

**[CWL 387   Media and Cinema in French   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/387)**

Same as [FR 387](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20387 "FR 387") and [MACS 382](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20382 "MACS 382"). See [FR 387](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20387 "FR 387").\

**[CWL 389   French & Comparative Cinema II   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/389)**

Same as [FR 389](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20389 "FR 389") and [MACS 383](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20383 "MACS 383"). See [FR 389](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20389 "FR 389").\

**[CWL 395   Special Topics Comp Lit I   credit: 3 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/395)**

Presentation and discussion of subjects relating literature to other disciplines; topic varies. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours.\

**[CWL 400   African Diasporic Thought in the Caribbean   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/400)**

Same as [AFRO 400](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFRO%20400 "AFRO 400"). See [AFRO 400](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFRO%20400 "AFRO 400").\
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:\
Cultural Studies - Non-West

**[CWL 410   Modern African Fiction   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/410)**

Same as [AFST 410](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFST%20410 "AFST 410"), and [ENGL 470](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20470 "ENGL 470"). See [AFST 410](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=AFST%20410 "AFST 410").\

**[CWL 411   The Chinese Novel   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/411)**

Same as [EALC 411](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20411 "EALC 411"). See [EALC 411](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20411 "EALC 411").\

**[CWL 412   Mod Chinese Lit in Translation   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/412)**

Same as [EALC 412](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20412 "EALC 412"). See [EALC 412](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20412 "EALC 412").\

**[CWL 413   Dante   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/413)**

Same as [ITAL 413](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20413 "ITAL 413") and [MDVL 413](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20413 "MDVL 413"). See [ITAL 413](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20413 "ITAL 413").\

**[CWL 414   Petrarch & Boccaccio   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/414)**

Same as [ITAL 414](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20414 "ITAL 414") and [MDVL 414](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20414 "MDVL 414"). See [ITAL 414](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20414 "ITAL 414").\

**[CWL 415   Mod Japan Lit in Translation   credit: 2 to 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/415)**

Same as [EALC 415](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20415 "EALC 415"). See [EALC 415](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20415 "EALC 415").\

**[CWL 417   Topics in Medieval British and Irish Literature   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/417)**

Same as [ENGL 412](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20412 "ENGL 412") and [MDVL 410](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20410 "MDVL 410"). See [ENGL 412](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20412 "ENGL 412").\

**[CWL 420   Masterpieces Renaiss Lit   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/420)**

Same as [ITAL 420](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20420 "ITAL 420") and [MDVL 420](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MDVL%20420 "MDVL 420"). See [ITAL 420](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ITAL%20420 "ITAL 420").\

**[CWL 421   Jewish Life-Writing   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/421)**

Same as [HIST 436](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=HIST%20436 "HIST 436"), [REL 420](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20420 "REL 420"), [SLAV 420](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20420 "SLAV 420"), and [YDSH 420](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=YDSH%20420 "YDSH 420"). See [YDSH 420](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=YDSH%20420 "YDSH 420").\

**[CWL 430   History of Translation   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/430)**

Same as [CLCV 430](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20430 "CLCV 430"), [ENGL 486](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20486 "ENGL 486"), [GER 405](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20405 "GER 405"), [SLAV 430](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20430 "SLAV 430"), [SPAN 436](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SPAN%20436 "SPAN 436"), and [TRST 431](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=TRST%20431 "TRST 431"). See [SLAV 430](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20430 "SLAV 430").\

**[CWL 434   Studies in Francophonie   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/434)**

Same as [FR 479](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20479 "FR 479"). See [FR 479](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20479 "FR 479").\

**[CWL 436   Problems of Polish Literature   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/436)**

Same as [POL 446](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=POL%20446 "POL 446"). See [POL 446](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=POL%20446 "POL 446").\

**[CWL 440   Russian Culture Studies   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/440)**

Same as [RUSS 460](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20460 "RUSS 460"). See [RUSS 460](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20460 "RUSS 460").\

**[CWL 441   Themes in Narrative   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/441)**

Analysis of literary themes and types in narratives of Western and non-Western literature (e.g., the hero, east and west, dream visions), emphasizing comparative perspectives. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.\

**[CWL 444   Problems in Romanticism   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/444)**

Same as [RUSS 444](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20444 "RUSS 444"). See [RUSS 444](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20444 "RUSS 444").\

**[CWL 453   Slavic Cultural Studies   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/453)**

Same as [SLAV 452](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20452 "SLAV 452"). See [SLAV 452](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20452 "SLAV 452").\

**[CWL 457   Modernism   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/457)**

Same as [RUSS 424](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20424 "RUSS 424"). See [RUSS 424](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20424 "RUSS 424").\

**[CWL 461   Lit Genres and Forms   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/461)**

Structure and development of literary genres and forms in historical perspective (for instance, drama, parody and the grotesque, poetry, fables and fabulists, and modern fiction); essential international components and significant national variations of such genres and forms. Emphasis changes from term to term. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.\

**[CWL 463   Modern Scandinavian Drama   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/463)**

Same as [SCAN 463](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20463 "SCAN 463") and [THEA 483](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=THEA%20483 "THEA 483"). See [SCAN 463](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20463 "SCAN 463").\

**[CWL 466   Russia and the Other   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/466)**

Same as [RUSS 461](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20461 "RUSS 461"). See [RUSS 461](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20461 "RUSS 461").\

**[CWL 467   Japanese Cinema   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/467)**

Same as [EALC 466](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20466 "EALC 466") and [MACS 466](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20466 "MACS 466"). See [MACS 466](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20466 "MACS 466").\

**[CWL 470   Scandinavian Politics and Society   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/470)**

Same as [EURO 470](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EURO%20470 "EURO 470") and [SCAN 470](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20470 "SCAN 470"). See [SCAN 470](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20470 "SCAN 470").\

**[CWL 471   International Lit Relations   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/471)**

Study of specific relations between authors of different countries; influences of certain works, concepts, or tastes on another work, author, or country; and literary interaction between Eastern and Western cultures. Emphasis changes from term to term. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.\

**[CWL 472   Kierkegaard and the Self   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/472)**

Same as [PHIL 472](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=PHIL%20472 "PHIL 472"), [REL 472](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REL%20472 "REL 472"), and [SCAN 472](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20472 "SCAN 472"). See [SCAN 472](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20472 "SCAN 472").\

**[CWL 477   Post-Communist Fiction   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/477)**

Same as [SLAV 477](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20477 "SLAV 477") and [REES 477](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=REES%20477 "REES 477"). See [SLAV 477](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20477 "SLAV 477").\

**[CWL 478   Classical Chinese Thought   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/478)**

Same as [EALC 476](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20476 "EALC 476") and [HIST 425](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=HIST%20425 "HIST 425"). See [EALC 476](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20476 "EALC 476").\

**[CWL 481   Topics in Arabic Literature & Culture   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/481)**

Studies in Arabic literature and culture of various genres, periods, and regions. Graduate students are encouraged to read the texts in the original language. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same semester to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours if topics vary; May be repeated in separate semesters to a maximum of 12 undergraduate hours or 16 graduate hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.\

**[CWL 490   Topics in Classical Literature   credit: 3 or 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/490)**

Same as [CLCV 490](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20490 "CLCV 490"). See [CLCV 490](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CLCV%20490 "CLCV 490").\

**[CWL 493   Senior Thesis and Honors   credit: 3 to 6 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/493)**

Independent research guided by tutor(s), leading to the writing of a comparative thesis. Intended primarily for candidates for honors in comparative literature, but open to other seniors. 3 to 6 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.\

**[CWL 496   Special Topics in Comp Lit II   credit: 3 to 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/496)**

Selected literary topics of international significance in relation to other cultural expressions. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 undergraduate or 12 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.\

**[CWL 501   Theory of Literature   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/501)**

Major issues of literary theory, critical approaches, and comparative research.\

**[CWL 502   Methods of Comparative Lit   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/502)**

Problems and methods of cross-cultural literary studies, concentrating on the effects of historical encounters between different civilizations and on theoretical issues in comparing literatures across cultures.\

**[CWL 503   Historiography of Cinema   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/503)**

Same as [ENGL 503](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20503 "ENGL 503") and [MACS 503](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20503 "MACS 503"). See [MACS 503](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20503 "MACS 503").\

**[CWL 504   Theories of Cinema   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/504)**

Same as [ENGL 504](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ENGL%20504 "ENGL 504") and [MACS 504](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20504 "MACS 504"). See [MACS 504](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MACS%20504 "MACS 504").\

**[CWL 511   Applied Literary Translation I   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/511)**

Same as [EALC 511](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20511 "EALC 511"), [GER 511](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20511 "GER 511"), [SLAV 501](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20501 "SLAV 501"), and [TRST 501](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=TRST%20501 "TRST 501"). See [TRST 501](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=TRST%20501 "TRST 501").\

**[CWL 512   Applied LiteraryTranslation II   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/512)**

Same as [EALC 512](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EALC%20512 "EALC 512"), [GER 512](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GER%20512 "GER 512"), [SLAV 502](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20502 "SLAV 502"), and [TRST 502](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=TRST%20502 "TRST 502"). See [TRST 502](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=TRST%20502 "TRST 502").\

**[CWL 535   Nabokov   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/535)**

Same as [RUSS 535](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20535 "RUSS 535"). See [RUSS 535](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=RUSS%20535 "RUSS 535").\

**[CWL 551   Seminar Lit Movements   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/551)**

Investigation of the development and mutation of literary movements (classicism, romanticism, symbolism, etc.) through a study of critical texts and their reception in various countries. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.\

**[CWL 552   Studies French & Comp Cinema   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/552)**

Same as [FR 552](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20552 "FR 552"). See [FR 552](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20552 "FR 552").\

**[CWL 561   Seminar Genres - Forms   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/561)**

Study of a form (the lyric, the novel, the drama, etc.) to discover its essential components in all the literatures studied and the significance of national variations. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.\

**[CWL 562   Sem Spanish-American Lit   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/562)**

Same as [SPAN 535](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SPAN%20535 "SPAN 535"). See [SPAN 535](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SPAN%20535 "SPAN 535").\

**[CWL 571   Seminar in Literary Relations   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/571)**

Investigation of the impact of one literature upon another, or of some specific works upon others (the role of English literature in continental Europe, the influence of Russian novelists on French and German writers, etc.). May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.\

**[CWL 576   Methods in Slavic Grad Study   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/576)**

Same as [SLAV 576](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20576 "SLAV 576"). See [SLAV 576](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SLAV%20576 "SLAV 576").\

**[CWL 578   Seminar 20thC French Lit   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/578)**

Same as [FR 578](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20578 "FR 578"). See [FR 578](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=FR%20578 "FR 578").\

**[CWL 581   Seminar Lit Themes   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/581)**

Study of a theme or type (the Faust myth, the romantic hero, etc.) to discover its essential components in all the literatures studied and the significance of national variations. The subject of the seminar varies each term. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.\

**[CWL 582   Proseminar   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/582)**

Introduction to comparative literature as a discipline, history and philosophy of comparative literature, and training in practical professional skills, including conference presentations, grant writing, and course development. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.\

**[CWL 586   Children and Youth Literature   credit: 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/586)**

Same as [EURO 576](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EURO%20576 "EURO 576"), [GWS 576](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=GWS%20576 "GWS 576"), and [SCAN 576](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20576 "SCAN 576"). See [SCAN 576](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SCAN%20576 "SCAN 576").\

**[CWL 593   Special Studies   credit: 1 to 4 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/593)**

**[CWL 599   Thesis Research   credit: 0 to 16 Hours.](https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/CWL/599)**

Intended for students engaged in writing a thesis as a partial requirement for the M.A. or Ph.D. degree in comparative literature. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated in the same term or in separate terms up to a maximum of 8 hours.\