Literature in Translation (LIT)

Literature in Translation courses comprise offerings in global literature taught in English. All LIT courses meet the FDR requirement in literature (HL).

Curricular Coordinator: Domnica Radulescu

Faculty

First date is the year in which the faculty member began regular faculty service at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.

Jeffrey C. Barnett, Ph.D.—(1989)-2007
S. Bount Mason Jr. Professor of Romance Languages
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Anna Brodsky, Ph.D.—(1994)-2016
Professor of Russian
Ph.D., Yale University

Kevin M. Crotty, J.D., Ph.D.—(1999)-2004
J. Donald Childress Professor of Classics and Professor of Law
Ph.D., Yale University

Hongchu Fu, Ph.D.—(2002)-2011
Professor of East Asian Languages
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Janet Ikeda, Ph.D.—(1999)-2002
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages
Ph.D., Princeton University

Jeffrey L. Kosky, Ph.D.—(2003)-2013
Professor of Religion
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Richard G. Marks, Ph.D.—(1984)-1996
Jessie Ball duPont Professor of Religion
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Domnica V. Radulescu, Ph.D.—(1992)-2003
Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literatures
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Yanhong Zhu, Ph.D.—(2009)-2015
Associate Professor of Chinese
Ph.D., University of Southern California

Courses

• LIT 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar  
• LIT 203 - Greek Literature from Homer to the Early Hellenistic Period  
• LIT 215 - 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation  
• LIT 218 - Pre-Modern Chinese Literature in Translation  
• LIT 220 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation  
• LIT 221 - Japanese Literature in Translation  
• LIT 223 - Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation  
• LIT 225 - Poetry and Drama of Japan in Translation  
• LIT 235 - Tragedies East and West  
• LIT 256 - Trans-American Identity: Images from the Americas  
• LIT 259 - The French Caribbean Novel   
• LIT 263 - 19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation  
• LIT 273 - Modern Jewish Literature in Translation  
• LIT 295 - Special Topics in Literature in Translation  
• LIT 210 - Representations of Women, Gender and Sexuality in World Literature