The Foreign Language Track incorporates the study of at least one literature in a foreign language into the comparative perspective of the comparative literature major.
Students who intend to pursue a graduate degree in either comparative literature or a foreign literature are strongly advised to choose this track, as are students who already possess advanced skills in a language other than English. Majors in comparative literature with foreign language emphasis might consider a double major or a minor in a department of foreign language or in a non-literary field such as international relations or journalism.
Course Requirements
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- COLT 320 Introduction to Literary Theory
- COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance
You should complete these courses in your first few semesters at USC.
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COLT Courses:
- COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and Thought
- COLT 102g On Location: The Place of Literature in Global Cultures
- COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America
- COLT 251g Literature and Thought of the West Since 1800
- COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions
- COLT 311 Epic
- COLT 324 Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
- COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in Literature and the Arts
- COLT 335 Decadence and Modernity
- COLT 345 Realist Fiction
- COLT 346 Fictions of the First Person
- COLT 348 Modernist Fiction
- COLT 360gp Fictions of Africa
- COLT 374gm Women Writers in Europe and America
- COLT 382gw Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature
- COLT 420 The Fantastic
- COLT 426 Utopias
- COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the Self
- COLT 445 Europe and the Writing of Others
- COLT 448 Multilingual Encounters
- COLT 472 Los Angeles Crime Fiction
- COLT 475 Politics and the Novel
- COLT 476 Narrative and the Law
- COLT 354 Revolutions in Theater
- COLT 357 The Avant-Garde
- COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture
- COLT 373 Literature and Film
- COLT 379 Nationalism and Postcolonialism in Southeast Asian Cinema
- COLT 395w Urban Crossroads: Budapest
- COLT 415 Queer Cinema, Literature and the Visual Arts
- COLT 451 Opera and Cultural Theory
- COLT 462 Soundtracks of Our Lives
- COLT 470 Literature and Media in Latin America
- COLT 480 Dada and Surrealism
- COLT 375 Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory
- COLT 377 Gender and Sexuality in Literary Theory
- COLT 381 Psychoanalysis and the Arts
- COLT 385 Literature and Justice
- COLT 391 Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism
- COLT 454 Aesthetic Philosophy and Theory
- COLT 471 Literature, Theory, History
- COLT 474 Desire, Literature, Technology
- COLT 476 Narrative and the Law
- COLT 478 Family in Theory and Literature
- COLT 486 Deconstructive Thought
- COLT 487 Critical Image
Cross-listed courses:
- FREN 393 Theories and Theorists
- AMST 331gw The Black Atlantic: Narratives of Migration and Travel
- EALC 460 Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature
- EALC 454 Bildungsroman in Modern East Asia
- FREN 272gp Medicine, Health and the Body in Literature and Culture
- ITAL 382g Dante
- EALC 255gw Southeast Asian Literature and Film
- CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities: Classical Models
No more than two may be at the 100 or 200 level.
Major Requirement Worksheet
Use this worksheet to track your progress in the major.
The Final Step
How to Declare a Major?
Declaring a major is easy. First, schedule a meeting with the COLT Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Student Services Advisor. Together you will discuss your particular interests, decide which major track fits them best, and outline a probable sequence of courses to complete the requirements. You will then fill out the necessary form for changing or adding a major. Once this form has been processed, your new major will be official.
