Fall 2026

Problems in Comparative Literatures and Cultures

A comparative study of literatures and literary studies interacting with cultural themes, social formations, and non-literary disciplines.

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Summary

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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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COMPLIT 350

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Professors

Fall 2026

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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.

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Fall 2026

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Student experience

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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.

Topics

  • Literatures and cultural themes
  • Social formations
  • Seminal concepts and ideas
  • Non-literary disciplines

Skills

  • Critical analysis of literature and literary studies
  • Reading and analysis of literature

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "db82508afeb7ea9ce2dbf0cada83f3358645f961faead9c7de0f12dc10754a37",
  "requirements_status": "needs_review",
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  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
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