COMPLITTHT 2110
World Literature
This course teaches ways of reading literature across eastern and western cultures, introducing students to works of great imaginative power from many different regions of the world. The course focuses on a given historical period, such as the modern period or antiquity (the latter including Near Eastern as well as European texts). Organizing themes may include cultural translation, cross-cultural encounter (e.g., orientalism), hybridity, and displacement.
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Reviews
genuinely my favorite professor at washu. such a fun, caring teacher who always takes time to know his students and the class felt like a mini family by the end of the semester. lots of reading but he was good at both explaining it and letting us give our own interpretations. heavily recommend taking at least one class with him.
8/27/2026
Purchase is awesome! Very funny, extremely knowledgable, and presents some very interesting texts. Workload is totally manageable as long as you keep up with the reading. I highly recommend!
12/27/2023
Very kind and concerned teacher - he cares about you a lot and makes great strides to look out for the class, including extending deadlines quite often. I am naturally pretty good at writing but it seemed like pretty much everyone was getting an A for each essay. You can participate and write well in this class without reading each book in detail.
1/25/2022
Professor Infante is the best professor I have ever interacted with. He is understanding, the work load is very manageable, and he is a genuinely kind (and unbelievably smart) person. If you can take a class with him you have to, he encourages the exploration of literature in a way that you wont find elsewhere.
12/27/2021
Great teacher and nice person. Readings can be a bit existential and hard to understand, but grading is not too hard.
3/24/2019
Wonderful man! His World Lit class made me think about stuff I have never pondered before. His class is very discussion-based, and I learned so much through this style of learning. I would love to take another class with him-- very enthusiastic, easy class, amazing professor!! Cares about his students a lot. Take World Lit with him if you can!!!
5/6/2018
Prof. Infante is super enthusiastic, kind, and reasonable. World Lit challenged my thinking but was never too stressful, and he both gave great lectures and made sure the discussions went somewhere. You can tell that he loves the subject matter, and he is really willing to help with papers. If you put in effort, your worldview will expand a lot!
1/28/2018
He's a G. First day of class he played the Pixies, I've never met anybody with a more impressive name than Ignacio Infante, his accent is infinitely dope, he's just a funny and laid back guy. And he definitely knows his shtuff. Essays aren't too bad, I liked the books but you didn't have to read carefully at all if you pay attention in class
4/18/2015
World Literature with Professor Infante was a great introductory class. The works he picked for us to read and view were, for the most part, very interesting.
7/21/2012