ACLAnet Syllabi & Documents
The following syllabi (from the late 1980s to Spring 2000) have all been taught in actual classes. They address a variety of pedagogical and scholarly needs. Syllabi are listed as viewable pages, posted on this site, or as downloadable pdf files that you may download to your computer for future perusal. Please click on your choice below. Syllabus related materials are also available; references to available related materials follow each syllabus.
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Comparative Literature Studies - Cross-cultural Studies - Cultural Studies - Diasporic Literature - Film/Non-print Media - Gender - Genre - Geographical Region - Interdisciplinary - Languages and Linguistics - Literary Theory - Literary History - Myth and Archetypes - Nations and Regions - Oral Tradition and Folklore - Pedagogy - Period - Queer Studies - Themes - Theory - Translation Studies - World Literature
Comparative Literature Studies
- AMERICAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION REPORT ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS (First or Levin Report, 1965)
- AMERICAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION REPORT ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS (Second or Greene Report, 1975)
- AMERICAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION REPORT ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS (Bernheimer Report, 1993)
Cross Cultural Studies
- Asian Response to Colonization, no date available, taught by Girdhari Tikku (Comparative Literature)
- Asian Response to the West, Fall 1989, taught by Girdhari Tikku (Comparative Literature)
- Contemplative Literature East and West, Fall 1987, taught by Professor Lucien Miller (Comparative Literature and Chinese)
- Cross-Cultural Comparison, Spring 1991, taught by Michael Palencia-Roth (Comparative Literature)
- Crosscultural Problems in Literary Theory (course description), no date available, taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- International Literary Relations: Orientalism & Occidentalism Crosscultural Theories of Cultural Identity, Spring 1993, taught by Lucien Miller (Comparative Literature and English)
- Shimazaki Töson and the Assimilation of European Literary Culture (course description), Spring 1992, William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- The Past Century of Sino-Japanese Literary Relationships (course description), no date available, taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
Cultural Studies
- Asian American Studies, no date available, taught by Anita Mannur
- Contemporary Caribbean Culture, no date available, taught by Ms. M. Hertzler (French)
- Perceptions of Childhood in African and Caribbean Literature, Spring 1987, taught by Prof. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (English)
Diasporic Literatures
Film/Non-print Media
Gender
- Imaging Women: European Crosscurrents, Fall 1992, Mortimer Guiney (French)
- Shimazaki Töson and the Assimilation of European Literary Culture (course description), Spring 1992, William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- Women Writers in the Renaissance, Spring 1992, taught by Janet Smarr (Comparative Literature)
Genre
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Spiritual Autobiography, Spring 1998, taught by Jana Evans Braziel (Comparative Literature)
- Spiritual Autobiography, Spring 2000, taught by Alix Paschkowiak (Comparative Literature)
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
- Children's Literature, Fall 1992, taught by Prof. William Moebius (Comparative Literature)
- Myth, Folktale, Children's Literature, Spring 1993, taught by William Moebius (Comparative Literature)
- Perceptions of Childhood in African and Caribbean Literature, Spring 1987, taught by Prof. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (English)
- COMEDY
- Comedy, Spring 2000, taught by Sally Lawall (Comparative Literature)
- FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
- Fantasy in World Literature, no date available, taught by Jen Rodgers (Comparative Literature)
- Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fall 1991, taught by Eric Rabkin (English)
- FICTION/POETRY/DRAMA
- 20th-Century Japanese Fiction, Autumn 1990 (course description), William E. Naff, (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- Comedy, Spring 2000, taught by Sally Lawall (Comparative Literature)
- INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY
- International Short Story: The Post-War Story, Spring 1989, taught by Shevvy Craig (Comparative Literature)
- International Short Story, January 1997, taught by Neil Hartlen (Comparative Literature)
- International Short Story, Fall 1997, taught by Neil Hartlen (Comparative Literature)
- International Short Story, Fall 1999, taught by Sally Lawall (Comparative Literature)
- International Short Story, Summer 2000, taught by Beverly Weber (Comparative Literature)
- 20th Century International Short Story, Spring 2000, taught by Beverly Weber (Comparative Literature)
- NOVEL
- The Tale of Genji, no date available (course description), taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- POSTMODERNISM
- Discourses of Postmodernism and Multilingual Bibliography, by Janusz Przychodzen, 2000 (Comparative literature)
Geographical Region
- ASIA
- Asian Response to Colonization, no date available, taught by Girdhari Tikku (Comparative Literature)
- International Literary Relations: Orientalism & Occidentalism Crosscultural Theories of Cultural Identity, Spring 1993, taught by Lucien Miller (Comparative Literature and English)
- CARIBBEAN
- An Introduction to Caribbean Literature in English, Spring Semester 1988, taught by Prof. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (English)
- Littérature du Nouveau Monde, Automne 1992, James Arnold (French)
- Perceptions of Childhood in African and Caribbean Literature, Spring 1987, taught by Prof. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (English)
- GLOBAL
- Cross-Cultural Comparison, Spring 1991, taught by Michael Palencia-Roth (Comparative Literature)
- INDIA
- The Literatures of India in Comparative Perspectives, Fall 199l, taught by S.D.Serebriany (Comparative Literature)
- INTERNATIONAL-EUROPEAN
- International Short Story: The Post-War Story, Spring 1989, taught by Shevvy Craig (Comparative Literature)
- Women Writers in the Renaissance, Spring 1992, taught by Janet Smarr (Comparative Literature)
- JAPAN
- Before the Dawn: A Seminar on the Literature of Transition (course description), no date available, taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- The Tale of Genji, no date available (course description), taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
Interdisciplinary
Languages and Linguistics
- FRENCH
- Imaging Women: European Crosscurrents, Fall 1992, Mortimer Guiney (French)
- Littérature du Nouveau Monde, Automne 1992, James Arnold (French)
- JAPANESE
- 20th-Century Japanese Fiction, Autumn 1990 (course description), William E. Naff, Autumn 1990 (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- The Tale of Genji, no date available (course description), taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- Shimazaki Töson and the Assimilation of European Literary Culture (course description), Spring 1992, William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
Literary History
- Before the Dawn: A Seminar on the Literature of Transition (course description), no date available, taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- The Past Century of Sino-Japanese Literary Relationships (course description), no date available, taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
Literary Theory
- Crosscultural Problems in Literary Theory (course description), no date available, taught by William E. Naff (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
Myth and Archetypes
Nations and Regions
- Asian American Studies, no date available, taught by Anita Mannur
Oral Tradition and Folklore
Pedagogy
- Children's Literature, Fall 1992, taught by Prof. William Moebius (Comparative Literature)
Period
- 20th-Century Japanese Fiction, Autumn 1990 (course description), William E. Naff, Autumn 1990 (Comparative Literature and Japanese)
- Discourses of Postmodernism and Multilingual Bibliography, by Janusz Przychodzen, 2000 (Comparative literature)
- International Short Story: The Post-War Story, Spring 1989, taught by Shevvy Craig (Comparative Literature)
- Women Writers in the Renaissance, Spring 1992, taught by Janet Smarr (Comparative Literature)
Queer Studies
Themes
- CONCEPT OF PLACE
- GOOD&EVIL:EAST-WEST
- Contemplative Literature East and West, Fall 1987, taught by Professor Lucien Miller (Comparative Literature and Chinese)
- Good and Evil, no date available, taught by Jana Evans Braziel (Comparative Literature)
- Good and Evil, no date available, taught by Jen Rodgers (Comparative Literature)
- Good/East: East/West, Summer 2000, taught by Dale Hudson
Theory
- Junior Year Writing, Fall 2000, taught by Dale Hudson
- POSTMODERNISM
- Discourses of Postmodernism and Multilingual Bibliography, by Janusz Przychodzen, 2000 (Comparative literature)
Translation Studies
World Literature
Professor Sarah N. Lawall
South College 315
Department of Comparative Literature
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
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