UD Launches ‘The Quest: The Way of Beauty,’ Season Two of the EWTN Show
“The Quest: The Way of Beauty” is a collaborative effort of UD faculty in several disciplines, including art, theology, modern languages and literature.
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Thirty advanced credits in all, consisting of
The CLT major allows integration of various kinds of foreign-language components, notably a Language Concentration (four courses), and can also easily be combined with a French, German, or Spanish major.
Further requirements
Language competency
Students electing to major in this program should have reading competence in one European language by the beginning of the Junior year, and are strongly encouraged (but not required) to acquire reading knowledge in another European language.
The CLT Thesis
The senior thesis is preferably written in the first semester of senior year, or in the semester that the student is not writing another thesis for another major. Students register for 3 thesis hours in that semester.
The purpose of a senior or honors thesis in CLT is to allow students to reflect on intersections of either two different literary traditions, or intersections of literature and other arts, with the goal of synthesizing elements from several of their courses. The thesis must be comparative in nature, i.e. involve at least two different linguistic traditions or discuss interrelations of literature and other arts. For example, the student may choose to discuss the use of a common motif in two or more texts, examine the differences of a literary epoch in two linguistic traditions, analyze how a visual work of art is transposed into a poem or story, or show how music and text interrelate in an opera or in a poem set to music. The thesis may draw on, expand, or otherwise incorporate papers written in other courses, with the consent of the instructors and the thesis director.
The Comprehensive Exam
The comprehensive exam is an oral exam that should be taken in the last semester of the senior year. Its main goal is to function as a way for students to structure, to divide up, and to provide a narrative of, the unfolding of European literature in important comparative moments. The exam should reflect your course work and your personal interest, and can (and should) be closely linked to the focus of your thesis. Students are also encouraged to use the comps presentation to make connections between the various the courses they have taken at UD, including from other departments (e.g. philosophy or even science). The student will be asked to give a 15-20 minute presentation on either:
a) at least three comparative moments in 2 or more national literatures of his or her choice
b) one particular historical epoch, with consideration of at least 3 media (choosing from literature, music, visual arts, or film)
Suggested Sequence for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literary Traditions
YEAR I |
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Art, Drama, Math, Music |
3 |
Economics |
3 |
English 1301 |
3 |
English 1302 |
3 |
History 1311 |
3 |
History 1312 |
3 |
Language 2311 |
3 |
Language 2312 |
3 |
Philosophy 1301 |
3 |
Theology 1310 |
3 |
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15 |
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15 |
YEAR II (during Sophomore Year) |
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English 2311 and 2312 |
6 |
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History 2301-2302 |
6 |
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Philosophy 2323 |
3 |
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Theology 2311 |
3 |
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Politics 1311 |
3 |
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Art, Drama, Music |
3 |
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Math |
3 |
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Science |
3-4 |
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30-31 |
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YEAR III |
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Intro MCT 3309 |
3 |
EPOCH II (Early Modern) |
3 |
EPOCH I (Med/Ren) |
3 |
F/G/I/S LIT TRAD course |
3 |
Philosophy 3311 |
3 |
Science |
3-4 |
Elective or core course |
6 |
Elective or core course |
6 |
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15 |
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15-16 |
YEAR IV |
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EPOCH III (Modern) |
3 |
MCT 4347/9 |
3 |
MCTF/G 3305 |
3 |
FOCUS |
3 |
FOCUS |
3 |
MCT elective |
3 |
Elective or core course |
6 |
Elective or core course |
6 |
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15 |
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15 |
“The Quest: The Way of Beauty” is a collaborative effort of UD faculty in several disciplines, including art, theology, modern languages and literature.
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