Explore folk stories, fairy tales, and other traditional European narratives, from their origins in oral storytelling to modern literary forms that transmit and transform folk traditions for modern readers.

Study of literature addressing perceptions of cultural affinity and difference among nations and ethnicities within Europe and at its frontiers. Possible factors for consideration may include race, nationalism, religion, gender, socioeconomic class, (im)migration and minorities.

Examine the experience of war, portrayed in literature and/or film, which has played a transformative and traumatic role in the political and human geography of continental Europe.

This course is devoted to the analysis of similarities, developments, and divergences among related dialects and/or branches of Western European languages.

This course examines expressions of dissent in literature against prevailing institutions and ideas, which has made "revolution" an integral concept in Western understanding of social progress. Topics may include religious dissent, class conflict, clashing ideologies, and social inequality.

This course examines the origins and emergence of individualism in Europe, as portrayed in literature and film, including its conflict with the continental interest in a cohesive social order.

Focused study of one intellectual school, problem, or other discourse tradition reflected in literature, which has contributed significantly to contemporary European perception and values.