Problems in Comparative Literatures and Cultures
A comparative study of literatures and literary studies interacting with cultural themes, social formations, and non-literary disciplines.
Summary
Historical reviews of Beatriz Botero, Vinay Dharwadker: Workload varies by instructor; Botero required significant reading, while Dharwadker was described as light on homework with easy quizzes and enjoyable papers.
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Beatriz Botero describe her as extremely knowledgeable and caring, though one reviewer noted heavy reading loads and missing Canvas grades.
BEATRIZ BOTERO is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
VINAY DHARWADKER is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for COMPLIT 350 praise instructors Beatriz Botero and Vinay Dharwadker for their deep knowledge and engaging teaching styles, describing the course as interesting and relatively easy.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.65 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.77 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Beatriz Botero, Vinay Dharwadker: Workload varies by instructor; Botero required significant reading, while Dharwadker was described as light on homework with easy quizzes and enjoyable papers.
Historical reviews of Beatriz Botero, Vinay Dharwadker: Students found the content culturally rich and memorable, though one reviewer noted Botero did not post grades to Canvas, and Dharwadker’s lectures were long.
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Model & dataset provenance
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