Literature in Translation

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. Blount Mason Jr. Professor of Romance Languages
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

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

Roger A. Crockett, Ph.D.—(1991)-1991
Professor of German
Ph.D., University of Illinois

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

Christopher Elford, Ph.D.,—(2024)-2024
Assistant Professor of Chinese
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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

Debra Prager, Ph.D.—(2005)-2013
Associate Professor of German
Ph.D., Harvard University

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

Paul A. Youngman, Ph.D.—(2012)-2014
Professor of German and Associate Provost for Academic Development and Operations
Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Yanhong Zhu, Ph.D.—(2009)-2023
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 222 - Real and Imaginary Animals in Japanese Literature, Film, Anime, and Theater    
• LIT 223 - Seminar in Japanese Literature in Translation  
• LIT 225 - Poetry and Drama of Japan in Translation  
• 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