Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 2.95 GPA, 27.3% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.84 GPA, 10.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.31 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Introduction to Cross-cultural Literary Forms
Introduction to the critical study of literary forms and their connections to other cultural phenomena.
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Historical reviews of Thomas Massnick: Thomas Massnick's course required keeping up with readings, though one student noted paying half attention in lecture was sufficient for success.
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Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.87 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Mary Layoun describe her lectures as confusing, boring, and unorganized, with students feeling they learned little. While reviewers noted she was a nice person, they criticized her teaching grasp and lecture content, calling the class bad and pointless.
BRIGITTE FIELDER is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CHRISTOPHER LIVANOS is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
FREDERIC NEYRAT is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MARY LAYOUN is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2015, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
THOMAS MASSNICK is recorded teaching in Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 11 / 20 | 5 |
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Student experience
the class
Reviews for historical instructors are mixed, ranging from engaging and clear to boring and unorganized. No current reviews exist for Brigitte Fielder or Christopher Livanos.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 72.4% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.84 GPA, 10.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Thomas Massnick: Thomas Massnick's course required keeping up with readings, though one student noted paying half attention in lecture was sufficient for success.
Students reported varied experiences with historical instructors, citing engaging content and clear guidelines from some, while others found lectures boring, unorganized, or repetitive.
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Selected offering source records
Introduction to Cross-Cultural Literary Forms
Recorded 2026-09-07AfroAm Children's Lit
Recorded 2026-09-07Novels of World War Two
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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