COML.F21

This seminar is designed to prepare you for writing your Comparative Literature thesis in the spring semester. By the end of the semester, you will have 1) written a working abstract that succinctly introduces your primary sources, your working argument, and your proposed methodology; 2) written approximately five to seven pages that introduce your argument and key critical/theoretical texts alongside substantive illustrations chosen from your primary texts; 3) given an oral presentation introducing your working thesis and its key texts; and 4) written an annotated bibliography that summarizes, assesses and evaluates, and reflects on the uses of the chosen sources. Along the way, you will learn how to manage different reading practices for the volume of reading that is expected of an advanced course of study in literature, and how to effectively communicate that content to others.