Literature - graduate program

Postgraduate

In San Diego (USA)

higher than £ 9000

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    Postgraduate

  • Location

    San diego (USA)

The department offers a single PhD in literature with concentrations in any of the fields in which members of the department do research. The CPhil (Candidate in Philosophy) is conferred upon all students who pass the qualifying examination and are advanced to candidacy. PhD students in the doctoral program may also qualify for the MA upon completion of their qualifying examinations. Applicants seeking only an MA are not accepted.

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Literature

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All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.

Courses

For course descriptions not found in the UC San Diego General Catalog 2019–20, please contact the department for more information.

CHINESE LITERATURE Upper Division

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Additional prerequisites may be specified below.

LTCH 101. Readings in Contemporary Chinese Literature (4)

Intended for students who have the competence to read contemporary Chinese texts, poetry, short stories, and criticism in vernacular Chinese. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE Graduate

Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

LTCO 201. Theories and Methods of Literary Analysis (4)

Contemporary theories of the significance of literary form. The seminar will concentrate on major interpretive approaches drawn from several areas of literary, cultural, and political analysis, including Marxist theory, feminism, psychoanalytic theory, postcolonial studies, LGBT studies, diaspora studies, and others. The particular focus and approach may vary. May be taken for credit up to three times as topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department. Nongraduate students may enroll with consent of instructor.

LTCO 274. Genre Studies (4)

A consideration of a representative selection of works relating to a theme, form, or literary genre. May be taken for credit up to three times as topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCO 281. Literature and Film (4)

A study of literature and film in relation to one another, to critical and aesthetic theories, and to historical context. May be taken for credit up to three times as topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCO 282. Literature and Philosophy (4)

Questions and problems from the history of philosophy or from the various fields of philosophy (e.g., epistemology, ethics, logic) in their interaction with intellectual issues and questions addressed by literary criticism and theory. May be taken for credit up to three times. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCO 284. Performativity (4)

This interdisciplinary course looks at performativity as a social process of cultural significance. It examines the works of John Searle, Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler, and Jose Esteban Munoz and underlines the role of performative action in linguistic, literary, cinematic, theatrical, political, and other forms of human interactivity. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCO 285. Literature and Aesthetics (4)

Research in literary theory and aesthetic philosophies. Single and multiple authors and topics; Plato and Aristotle, Renaissance treatises, Winckleman, Kant and Hegel in the Enlightenment, Warburg, Heidegger and Panofsky, contemporary art theory, et al. May be taken up to two times for credit when topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCO 287. Culture and Political Theory (4)

A comparative approach of political theory based on historical periods (with the tools of new historicism), various cultures (inspired by anthropological research), and referring to the most important philosophical thinkers from Western and non-Western traditions. May be taken up to three times for credit when topics vary. Students may receive a combined total of twelve units for LTCO 287 and POLI 213.

LTCO 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (1–12)

This course may be designed according to an individual student’s needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.

LTCO 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (1–12)

Similar to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable for credit.

LTCO 299. Dissertation (1–12)

Research for the dissertation. Offered for repeated registration. Open only to PhD students who have advanced to candidacy.

LITERATURE/CULTURAL STUDIES Lower Division

LTCS 50. Introduction to Cultural Studies (4)

An introduction to cultural studies with a focus on the following areas: literary and historical studies, popular culture, women’s studies, ethnic studies, science studies, and gay/lesbian studies. Particular emphasis on the question of “cultural practices” and their social and political conditions and effects.

LTCS 52. Topics in Cultural Studies (4)

This course is designed to complement LTCS 50, Introduction to Cultural Studies. In this course, cultural studies methods are further introduced and applied to various concrete topics in order to illustrate the practical analysis of culture and cultural forms.

LTCS 87. Freshman Seminar (1)

The Freshman Seminar Program is designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman Seminars are offered in all campus departments and undergraduate colleges, and topics vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to twenty students, with preference given to entering freshmen. Prerequisites: none.

Upper Division

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Additional prerequisites may be specified below.

LTCS 100. Theories and Methods in Cultural Studies (4)

Reading in some of the major theoretical texts that have framed work in cultural studies, with particular emphasis on those drawn from critical theory, studies in colonialism, cultural anthropology, feminism, semiotics, gay/lesbian studies, historicism, and psychoanalytic theory.

LTCS 102. Practicing Cultural Studies (4)

Survey and application of methods central to cultural studies as a critical social practice, examining the relationship between cultural studies and social transformation. Students will study varieties of material culture, and experiment with techniques of reading, interpretation, and intervention.

LTCS 108. Gender, Race, and Artificial Intelligence (4)

This course explores the idea of artificial intelligence in both art and science, its relation to the quest to identify what makes us human, and the roles gender and race have played in both. Students may not receive credit for CGS 108 and LTCS 108.

LTCS 110. Popular Culture (4)

A reading of recent theory on popular culture and a study of particular texts dealing with popular cultural practices, both contemporary and noncontemporary, as sites of conflict and struggle. LTCS 110 and LTCS 110GS may be taken for credit for a combined total of three times.

LTCS 111. Special Topics in Popular Culture in Historical Context (4)

Exploration of forms of popular culture in different historical and geographical contexts. Topics may include: folklore, dime novels and other types of popular literature, racial performances, popular religions, theatrical melodrama, photojournalism, and early film. LTCS 111 and LTCS 111GS may be taken for credit for a combined total of three times.

LTCS 119. Asian American Film and Media (4)

(Cross-listed with CGS 119.) The course explores the politics of pleasure in relation to the production, reception, and performance of Asian American identities in the mass media of film, video, and the internet. The course considers how the “deviant” sexuality of Asian Americans (e.g., hypersexual women and emasculated men) does more than uniformly harm and subjugate Asian American subjects. The texts explored alternate between those produced by majoritarian culture and the interventions made by Asian American filmmakers. Students may not receive credit for LTCS 119 and CGS 119.

LTCS 120. Historical Perspectives on Culture (4)

The course will explore the relation among cultural production, institutions, history, and ideology during selected historical periods. In considering different kinds of texts, relations of power and knowledge at different historical moments will be discussed. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.

LTCS 125. Cultural Perspectives on Immigration and Citizenship (4)

Introduction to the studies of cultural dimensions of immigration and citizenship. Examines the diverse cultural texts—literature, law, film, music, the televisual images, etc.—that both shape and are shaped by immigration and the idea of citizenship in different national and historical contexts.

LTCS 130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Culture (4)

The course will focus on the representation of gender, ethnicity, and class in cultural production in view of various contemporary theories of race, sex, and class. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.

LTCS 131. Topics in Queer Cultures/Queer Subcultures (4)

This course examines the intersection of sex, sexuality, and popular culture by looking at the history of popular representations of queer sexuality and their relation to political movements for gay and lesbian rights. Repeatable for credit when readings and focus vary.

LTCS 132. Special Topics in Social Identities and the Media (4)

A study of media representation and various aspects of identity, such as gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, social class, culture, and geopolitical location. Students will consider the various media of film, television, alternative video, advertising, music, and the internet. Repeatable for credit when readings and focus vary.

LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture (4)

Studies of cultural dimensions of immigration and citizenship. This course examines the diverse cultural texts—literature, law, film, music, the televisual images, etc., that both shape and are shaped by immigration and the idea of citizenship in different national and historical contexts.

LTCS 134. Culture and Revolution (4)

This course examines the cultural practices of revolutionary societies from the French Revolution to present time. It focuses on China, Cuba, Russia, and Iran and explores how various cultural practices are produced in the course of building revolutionary societies.

LTCS 141. Special Topics in Race and Empire (4)

The role of race and culture within the history of empires; may select a single empire for consideration, such as France, Britain, United States, or Japan, or choose to examine the role of race and culture in comparative histories of colonialism. Repeatable for credit when readings and focus vary.

LTCS 150. Topics in Cultural Studies (4)

The course will examine one or more forms of cultural production or cultural practice from a variety of theoretical and historical perspectives. Topics may include: contemporary debates on culture, genres of popular music/fiction/film, AIDS and culture, the history of sexuality, subcultural styles, etc. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.

LTCS 155. Health, Illness, and Global Culture (4)

A medical humanities course that examines compelling written and cinematic accounts of health issues confronting contemporary societies such as environmental pollution, contaminated food supply, recreational drug use, HIV/AIDS, cancer, chronic conditions (allergies, diabetes, obesity, arthritis), famine, natural disasters, and war. May be taken for credit two times when topics vary.

LTCS 165. Special Topics: The Politics of Food (4)

This course will examine the representation and politics of food in literary and other cultural texts. Topics may include: food and poverty, the fast food industry, controversies about seed, sustainable food production, myths about hunger, eating and epistemology, aesthetics, etc. Repeatable for credit up to three times when topics vary.

LTCS 170. Visual Culture (4)

The course will focus on visual practices and discourses in their intersection and overlap, from traditional media, print, and photography to film, video, TV, computers, medical scanners, and the internet.

LTCS 172. Special Topics in Screening Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality (4)

Exploring both Hollywood and international filmmaking, an exploration of screen representations with attention to race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in different historical and linguistic contexts. Historical periods may extend from silent, through wartime and cold war, to contemporary era of globalization. Repeatable for credit when readings and focus vary.

LTCS 173. Topics in Violence and Visual Culture (4)

This course focuses on the critical study of representations of violence, such as war, genocide, sexual violence, and crime, across a range of media, including literature, film, photography, and other forms of visual culture. Repeatable for credit when readings and focus vary.

LTCS 180. Programming for the Humanities (4)

Introduction to a script programming language (like Python + NLTK or R) and its usages in the processing of literary and historical digital corpora.

LTCS 198. Directed Group Study (4)

Directed group research, under the guidance of a member of the faculty, in an area not covered in courses currently offered by the department. (P/NP only.) Prerequisites: permission of the department.

LTCS 199. Special Studies (2 or 4)

Individual reading in an area not covered in courses currently offered by the department. (P/NP only.) Prerequisites: permission of the department.

Graduate

Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

LTCS 222. Topics in Theory and History of Film (4)

This course will consider various theoretical approaches to film texts (historical-materialist, feminist, psychoanalytic, semiotic) as well as the history of film, the political economy of film production and distribution, exhibition practices, and spectatorship in national and transnational contexts. May be taken up to three times for credit when topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCS 225. Interdisciplinary and Historical Analysis of Cultural Texts (4)

The seminar will focus on a particular historical period and examine a variety of cultural texts vis-a-vis related historical, economic, political, and sociological discourses. The conjunction and disjunction of approaches will be explored in relation to specific texts. May be taken up to three times for credit when topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCS 250. Topics in Cultural Studies (4)

This seminar will be organized around any of various topic areas relating to cultural studies. These might include studies in colonialism, historicism, gender, sexuality, social institutions, popular culture, subaltern practices, etc. May be taken up to three times for credit when topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCS 256. Cultural Studies of Technoscience (4)

The course will explore work in cultural studies, feminist studies, and queer theory of scientific practices altering social relations, cultural identities, and conceptions of “nature.” Issues may include the AIDS pandemic, genetic research, electronic communities, reproductive technologies, and other topics. May be taken up to three times for credit when topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCS 260. National Cultures (4)

Selected topics on the construction of national cultural identities. Investigation of the dynamics of canon formation and nation building in specific historical contexts. May be taken up to three times for credit when topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.

LTCS 297. Directed Studies: Reading Course (1–12)

This course may be designed according to an individual student’s needs when seminar offerings do not cover subjects, genres, or authors of interest. No paper required. The 297 courses do not count toward the seminar requirement. Repeatable for credit.

LTCS 298. Special Projects: Writing Course (1–12)

Similar to a 297, but a paper is required. Papers are usually on subjects not covered by seminar offerings. Up to two 298s may be applied toward the twelve-seminar requirement of the doctoral program. Repeatable for credit.

LTCS 299. Dissertation (1–12)

Research toward the dissertation. Open only to PhD students who have advanced to candidacy. Repeatable for credit.

LITERATURES IN ENGLISH Lower Division

LTEN 21. Introduction to the Literature of the British Isles: Pre-1660 (4)

An introduction to the literatures written in English in Britain before 1660, with a focus on the interaction of text and history.

LTEN 22. Introduction to the Literature of the British Isles: 1660–1832 (4)

An introduction to the literatures written in English in Britain and Ireland between 1660 and 1832, with a focus on the interaction of text and history.

LTEN 23. Introduction to the Literature of the British Isles: 1832–Present (4)

An introduction to the literatures written in English in Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire (and the former British Empire) from 1832 to the present, with a focus on the interaction of text and history.

LTEN 25. Introduction to the Literature of the United States, Beginnings to 1865 (4)

An introduction to the literatures written in English in the United States from the beginnings to 1865, with a focus on the interaction of text and history.

LTEN 26. Introduction to the Literature of the United States, 1865 to the Present (4)

An introduction to the literatures written in English in the United States from 1865 to the present, with a focus on the interaction of text and history.

LTEN 27. Introduction to African American Literature (4)

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Literature - graduate program

higher than £ 9000