Foreign Literature and Culture Courses in English Translation for Fall Term 1999

In the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, courses in foreign literature and culture are taught in a number of departments and programs, and the courses work with texts in more than forty languages. These departments and programs also offer literature and culture courses which use texts translated into English in order to make these works available to all students.

The LS&A Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education has prepared the following list to assist students interested in electing courses that focus on foreign literature and culture in English translation. What follows is a list of such courses offered in LS&A for the Fall Term, 1999. Courses that earn Humanities credit are so designated. Please consult the departmental and program listings in this Course Guide for course descriptions and further information.

This list is subject to change by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education.

Asian St. 251/Chinese 250. Undergraduate Seminar in Chinese Culture. (3). (HU).

Section 001 – Looking at Traditional China Through its Most Famous Novel: The Story of the Stone.

Instructor(s): David Rolston (drolston@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Chinese language is required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission.

First-Year Seminar,

Asian St. 252/Japanese 250. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture. (3). (HU).

Section 001 – Reiterations: Filming Fiction in Japan.

Instructor(s): Ken Ito (kenkito@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Japanese language is required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission.

First-Year Seminar,

Asian St. 254/Korean 250. Undergraduate Seminar in Korean Culture. (3). (HU).

Section 001 – The Korean War.

Instructor(s): Henry Em

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Korean language is required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission for a total of six credits.

Asian St. 320/S&SEA 320. Sikh History I (18th-19th Centuries). (3). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Pashaura Singh (psingh@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Asian St. 400/Japanese 400. Love and Death in Japanese Culture. (4). (HU).

Sections 001-004 meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement.

Instructor(s): Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (qmz@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Japanese is not required. (4). (HU).

Asian St. 471/Chinese 471. Classical Chinese Literature in Translation. (3). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Shuen-fu Lin (lsf@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Chinese required. (3). (HU).

Chinese 250/Asian Studies 251. Undergraduate Seminar in Chinese Culture. (3). (HU).

Culture Courses/Literature Courses

Section 001 – Looking at Traditional China Through its Most Famous Novel: The Story of the Stone.

Instructor(s): David Rolston (drolston@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Chinese language is required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission.

First-Year Seminar,

Chinese 471/Asian Studies 471. Classical Chinese Literature in Translation. (3). (HU).

Culture Courses/Literature Courses

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Shuen-fu Lin (lsf@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Chinese required. (3). (HU).

Japanese 250/Asian Studies 252. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture. (3). (HU).

Culture Courses/Literature Courses

Section 001 – Reiterations: Filming Fiction in Japan.

Instructor(s): Ken Ito (kenkito@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Japanese language is required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission.

First-Year Seminar,

Japanese 400/Asian Studies 400. Love and Death in Japanese Culture. (4). (HU).

Culture Courses/Literature Courses

Sections 001-004 meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement.

Instructor(s): Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (qmz@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Japanese is not required. (4). (HU).

Korean 250/Asian Studies 254. Undergraduate Seminar in Korean Culture. (3). (HU).

Culture Courses

Section 001 – The Korean War.

Instructor(s): Henry H. Em

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Korean language is required. (3). (HU). May be repeated with department permission for a total of six credits.

S&SEA 320/Asian Studies 320. Sikh History I (18th-19th Centuries). (3). (HU).

Culture Courses

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Pashaura Singh (psingh@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Class. Civ. 101. Classical Civilization I: The Ancient Greek World (in English). (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Sara Forsdyke (forsdyke@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Great Books 191 or 201. (4). (HU).

Class. Civ. 120. First-year Seminar in Classical Civilization (Humanities). (3). (HU).

Section 001 – Theaters of Identity: Ancient Greece.

Instructor(s): James Porter (jport@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU).

First-Year Seminar,

Class. Civ. 120. First-year Seminar in Classical Civilization (Humanities). (3). (HU).

Section 002 – Myths in Images: Expression and Communication in the Visual Cultures of Graeco-Roman Antiquity.

Instructor(s): Nassos Papalexandrou

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU).

First-Year Seminar,

Class. Civ. 120. First-year Seminar in Classical Civilization (Humanities). (3). (HU).

Section 003 – Remembrance of Things Past? Social Memory in Greece and Rome.

Instructor(s): Susan Alcock (salcock@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU).

First-Year Seminar,

Class. Civ. 120. First-year Seminar in Classical Civilization (Humanities). (3). (HU).

Section 004 – Barbarians: The Greek and Roman Perceptions of their Foreign Neighbors.

Instructor(s): Patrick McFadden (mcfaddep@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU).

First-Year Seminar,

Class. Civ. 120. First-year Seminar in Classical Civilization (Humanities). (3). (HU).

Section 005 – Pagans and Christians in the Roman World.

Instructor(s): John Shean (jfshean@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU).

First-Year Seminar,

Class. Civ. 215. Ovid. (1). (HU).

Section 001, 002 – Meets Oct. 26-Dec. 9 (Drop/Add deadline=November 8).

Instructor(s): Ruth Scodel (rscodel@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (1). (HU).

Mini/Short course

Class. Civ. 460/WS 460. Theorizing Women in Antiquity. (3). (HU).

Section 001 – De-creation: How Women like Saphho, Perpetua, Hrosvita, Heloise, Marguerite Porete, Emily Dickinson and Simone Weil Tell God. Meets with Institute for the Humanities 411.001 and 511.001, English 526.001, and College Honors 493.001.

Instructor(s): Anne Carson

Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (3). (HU).

Class. Civ. 462. Greek Mythology. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Derek Collins

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Class. Civ. 466/Rel. 468. Greek Religion. (3). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ludwig Koenen (koenen@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Engl. 245/RC Hums. 280/Theatre 211. Introduction to Drama and Theatre. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Bert Cardullo (cardullo@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in RC Hums. 281. (4). (HU).

Engl. 443/Theatre 321. History of Theatre I. (3). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Robert Knopf (robknopf@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Engl. 443/Theatre 321. History of Theatre I. (3). (HU).

Section 002.

Instructor(s): Leigh Woods (lawoods@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

German 171/Hist. 171. Coming to Terms with Germany. (4). (HU).

German Literature and Culture in English

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Fredrick Amrine (amrine@umich.edu), Geoffrey Eley (ghe@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

German 172. History of German Cinema. (3). (HU).

German Literature and Culture in English

Section 001 – Screenings Thursday 4:00-6:00 p.m. Students Wishing to Count German 172 Towards A Concentration in German Must also Elect UC 190-001.

Instructor(s): Johannes von Moltke (moltke@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($50) required.

German 375/MARC 375/Rel. 375. Celtic and Nordic Mythology. (3). (Excl).

German Literature and Culture in English

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Astrid Beck (astridb@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Great Books 191. Great Books. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): H. Don Cameron

Prerequisites & Distribution: Open to Honors first-year students only. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Gt. Bks. 201 or Classical Civ. 101. (4). (HU).

History 132/AAPTIS 100/ACABS 100/HJCS 100. Peoples of the Middle East. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gary Beckman (sidd@umich.edu), John Turner (persons@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

History 171/German 171. Coming to Terms with Germany. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Fredrick Amrine (amrine@umich.edu), Geoffrey Eley (ghe@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Judaic St. 270/HJCS 270. Introduction to Rabbinic Literature. (3). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Moshe Herr

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Judaic St. 379/HJCS 379 Jewish Civilization. (4). (SS).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gene Schramm (gschramm@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

MARC 375/Germ. 375/Rel. 375. Celtic and Nordic Mythology. (3). (Excl).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Astrid Beck (astridb@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

ACABS 100/AAPTIS 100/HJCS 100/Hist 132. Peoples of the Middle East. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gary Beckman (sidd@umich.edu), John Turner (persons@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

ACABS 200/Rel. 201/AAPTIS 200/HJCS 200. Introduction to World Religions: Near Eastern. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ralph Williams (fiesole@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (gschramm@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (sajackso@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

ACABS 221/Rel. 280. Jesus and the Gospels. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gabriele Boccaccini (gbocca@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

ACABS 266. Before the Bible: The Phoenicians. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Charles Krahmalkov

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

AAPTIS 100/ACABS 100/HJCS 100/Hist. 132. Peoples of the Middle East. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gary Beckman (sidd@umich.edu), John Turner (persons@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

AAPTIS 200/Rel. 201/ACABS 200/HJCS 200. Introduction to World Religions: Near Eastern. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ralph Williams (fiesole@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (gschramm@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (sajackso@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

AAPTIS 380(Iranian 440). Persian Literature in Translation. (3). (Excl).

Persian Literature and Culture in English

Section 001 – High Culture/Low Culture.

Instructor(s): Parvaneh Pourshariati

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

AAPTIS 381. Introduction to Arab Literature in Translation. (3). (HU).

Arabic Literature and Culture in English

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Trevor Legassick (tleg@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (3). (HU).

AAPTIS 383. The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Middle Eastern Literature. (3). (HU).

Section 001 – Meets with Comparative Literature 430.002.

Instructor(s): Carol Bardenstein (cbardens@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

AAPTIS 440(Turkish 440). The Literature of the Turks. (3). (Excl).

Turkish Literature and Culture in English

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Hatice Aynur

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

HJCS 100/AAPTIS 100/ACABS 100/Hist. 132. Peoples of the Middle East. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gary Beckman (sidd@umich.edu), John Turner (persons@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

HJCS 200/Rel. 201/ACABS 200/AAPTIS 200. Introduction to World Religions: Near Eastern. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ralph Williams (fiesole@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (gschramm@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (sajackso@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

HJCS 379/Judaic Studies 379. Jewish Civilization. (4). (SS).

Jewish Literature and Culture in English

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gene Schramm (gschramm@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS).

Rel. 201/ACABS 200/AAPTIS 200/HJCS 200. Introduction to World Religions: Near Eastern. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ralph Williams (fiesole@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (gschramm@umich.edu) , Gene Schramm (sajackso@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Rel. 280/ACABS 221. Jesus and the Gospels. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Gabrielle Boccaccini (gbocca@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Rel. 375/MARC 375/German 375. Celtic and Nordic Mythology. (3). (Excl).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Astrid Beck (astridb@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Rel. 468/Class. Civ 466. Greek Religion. (3). (Excl).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Ludwig Koenen (koenen@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

RC Hum. 280/English 245/Theatre 211. Introduction to Drama and Theatre. (4). (HU).

Drama

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Bert Cardullo (cardullo@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in RC Hums. 281. (4). (HU).

RC Hum. 310. Medieval Sources of Modern Culture. (4). (HU).

Arts and Ideas

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Cynthia Sowers (cindysrs@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Sophomore standing. (4). (HU).

RC Hum. 313/Slavic Film 313. Russian Cinema. (3). (HU).

Arts and Ideas

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Herbert Eagle (hjeagle@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($50) required.

RC Hum. 385. The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht. (4). (HU).

Drama

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Martin Walsh (narenlob@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

RC Hum. 451/Russian 451. Survey of Russian Literature. (3). (HU).

Comparative Literature

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Khan

Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (3). (HU).

RC Hum. 484. Seminar in Drama Topics. (4). (Excl).

Drama

Section 001 – Modernist Masters.

Instructor(s): Martin Walsh (narenlob@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Upperclass standing, Hums. 280, and three 300- or 400-level drama courses. (4). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.

RC Hum. 485. Special Drama Topics. (1-2). (Excl).

Drama

Section 001 – Acting Workshop. (2 credits). (Drop/Add deadline=September 28).

Instructor(s): Kate Mendeloff (mendelof@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Sophomore standing. (1-2). (Excl). Offered mandatory credit/no credit. May be repeated for a total of four credits.

Mini/Short course

Italian 150. First Year Seminar in Italian Studies. (3). (HU).

Courses Taught in English Translation (without language prerequisites)

Section 001 – Society and Its Discontents.

Instructor(s): Alison Cornish (acorn@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU).

First-Year Seminar,

Czech 483. Czech Literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. (3). (Excl).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Jindrich Toman (ptydepe@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).

Russian 451/RC Hums. 451. Survey of Russian Literature. (3). (HU).

Literature

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Khan

Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (3). (HU).

Russian 462. Dostoevsky. (3). (HU).

Literature

Section 001 – Meets with Russian 856.001.

Instructor(s): Michael Makin (mlmakin@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (3). (HU).

Russian 482. Ten Masterpieces of Russian Literature. (2). (Excl).

Literature

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Boris Katz (bkats@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (2). (Excl).

Slavic 225. Arts and Cultures of Central Europe. (3). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Jindrich Toman (ptydepe@umich.edu) , Herbert Eagle (hjeagle@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Slavic 313/RC Hums. 313. Russian Cinema. (3). (HU).

Section 001 – Required Film Screenings Wednesdays, 7-9 PM.

Instructor(s): Herbert Eagle (hjeagle@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($50) required.

Theatre 211/RC Hums. 280/English 245. Introduction to Drama and Theatre. (4). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Bert Cardullo (cardullo@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in RC Hums. 281. (4). (HU).

Theatre 321/English 443. History of Theatre I. (3). (HU).

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Robert Knopf (robknopf@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Theatre 321/English 443. History of Theatre I. (3). (HU).

Section 002.

Instructor(s): Leigh Woods (lawoods@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Women's St. 460/Class. Civ. 460. Theorizing Women in Antiquity. (3). (HU).

Section 001 – De-creation: How Women like Saphho, Perpetua, Hrosvita, Heloise, Marguerite Porete, Emily Dickinson and Simone Weil Tell God. Meets with Institute for the Humanities 411.001 and 511.001, English 526.001, and College Honors 493.001.

Instructor(s): Anne Carson

Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing. (3). (HU).

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