Comparative and World Literature

fall 2026
 
All Classes
  • Comparative and World Literature
  • Director of Program: Wail Hassan
  • Program Office: 3080 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building, 707 South Mathews, Urbana
  • P: 217-333-4987
COURSE NUMBER COURSE TITLE
CWL 111 Bible as Literature
CWL 114 Global Consciousness and Lit
CWL 189 Literatures of the Islamic World
CWL 191 Freshman Honors Tutorial
CWL 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar
CWL 215 Madness, Myth, and Murder
CWL 216 Legends of King Arthur
CWL 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World
CWL 223 The Qur'an (Koran)
CWL 227 Golden Age of Russian Literature
CWL 230 Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia
CWL 240 Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture
CWL 251 Viking Mythology
CWL 253 Medieval Literature and Culture
CWL 254 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context
CWL 255 Renaissance Literature and Culture
CWL 257 Enlightenment Literature and Culture
CWL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture
CWL 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture
CWL 272 Sexuality and Literature
CWL 273 The Holocaust in Context
CWL 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit
CWL 276 Asian Film Genres
CWL 324 Dostoevsky
CWL 376 Children and Youth Literature
CWL 400 African Diasporic Thought in the Caribbean
CWL 493 Senior Thesis and Honors
CWL 496 Special Topics in Comp Lit II
CWL 501 Theory of Literature
CWL 503 Historiography of Cinema
CWL 511 Applied Literary Translation I
CWL 562 Sem Spanish-American Lit
CWL 576 Methods in Slavic Grad Study
CWL 578 Seminar 20thC French Lit
CWL 593 Special Studies