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 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Contact Literature
The Literature Department office is located in Humanities 1, room 303, and is open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

(831) 459-4778 litdept@ucsc.edu
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Literature Advising

Faculty advising is available each quarter at the Literature Department office. During fall 2016, Professor Amanda Smith is available on Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to meet with students wishing to declare the major or minor, and for general advising. Literature staff advisers Laura McShane and Julie Hannah Brower are also available to meet with students. Please call (831) 459-4778 to schedule an appointment with a Literature faculty or staff adviser.

The Literature Department has drop-in advising available on Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 

APPLY NOW! Humanities Undergraduate Research Awards (HUGRA)

Application deadline: November 30, 2016. HUGRA awards support undergraduate research projects in the humanities. Up to 10 awards in the amount of $500 each are given each year. There are no constraints on the expenditure of the stipend. The top proposal receives the Bertha N. Melkonian prize, an additional $500. Any project involving research within or including any of the humanities disciplines is eligible for consideration. Proposals must be for research to be performed during the 2016-17 academic year.

Proposals will be judged on the basis of:
1. Intellectual substance;
2. Promise of results;
3. Preparation of applicant;
4. Feasibility.

The application consists of:
a) HUGRA Application Form, available at <http://ihr.ucsc.edu/programs/fellowships/>
b) One to three page research proposal, describing the research problem to be addressed, what will be done in the project, and what end product (e.g. research paper, senior thesis, project report) is expected. A timetable should be included.
c) A letter of support from a faculty sponsor addressing items one through four above. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the letter of support is submitted by the deadline.

Note: All awardees will be expected to make research posters and present at the Humanities Spring Awards and Humanities Undergraduate Research Award Presentations in spring 2017.

Please submit all applications electronically (preferably in .pdf format) to ihr@ucsc.edu.

LIT 102 Translation Theory

Students who plan to take LIT 102/Translation Theory in winter 2017, and who satisfied the one-year language prerequisite at another college or via a UCSC Literature Department proficiency exam, should email the Literature Department litdept@ucsc.edu to request a permission code for LIT 102. Students who satisfied the language prerequisite through coursework at UCSC will be able to enroll without a permission code.

Successful completion of LIT 102 is required of all Literature majors. (Students may substitute one upper-division course in a non-English literature studied in the original language for LIT 102.)

Winter 2017 Course Enrollment Now OPEN
Click here for a full list of open Literature courses.

Film Series: John Carpenter and Friends
Lit 155J, The Films of John Carpenter Presents:
 
Film Series: John Carpenter and Friends
The Resurrected
 
“’Tis to be expected, The dead . . .take much blood.”
Widely acclaimed as the most faithful film version – and one of the most effective – of an H. P. Lovecraft story (“The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”), The Resurrected was directed in1991 by Dan O’Bannon, collaborator with John Carpenter on Dark Star, and writer of Alien. After a quiet start as a neo-noir detective story, the tale of the possession of a modern chemist by his 17th-century wizard ancestor escalates to an all-out climax that manages genuine creepiness, some nifty resurrected corpses, and even a touch of the genuinely Lovecraftian metaphysical horror that Carpenter was to capture definitively in In the Mouth of Madness in 1994. Chris Sarandon as the mixed-identity protagonist-villain deploys his own talent for creepiness (The Sentinel, Fright Night) with élan. Derangements of subjectivity, threats from beyond space and time, amazing dental work and gratuitous red licorice. A performance and a movie not to be missed.

Sunday, November 13, 7pm, Stevenson 150
For the remainder of the quarter, films that have something or other to do with the oeuvre of John Carpenter will be shown each week. Same time, same place. All are welcome. 

The Fall 2016 Living Writers Reading Series

UCSC Events
Kresge Writing Center Events

Kresge Writers' Society meets on Mondays from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM in the Kresge Writing Center. Additionally, the creative writing interns hold office hours on Tuesdays from 5:20 PM to 6:20 PM in the Kresge Writing Center.

The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize

The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize contest is now accepting submissions. This UC-wide contest is open to undergraduate students, and offers a total of $1000 in prize money. Poems are due at the Literature Department office (Humanities 1, room 303 or via .pdf attachment to litdept@ucsc.edu) by Friday, January 6, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. After review by members of the UCSC faculty, three entries will be forwarded to the UC-wide review committee. Students may submit up to three poems for the contest, totaling six pages.

Submissions must be typewritten and may not have the student's name on the work. Include the following information in the upper-right corner of each manuscript:
The last four digits of the student’s campus identification number, and

The name of the contest.

A separate entry sheet must be completed and attached to each poem. The entry sheet should include the following information:
• Student's name
• Local Address
• Permanent Address
• Phone Number
• Student's UCSC email address
• Major
• Last four digits of student’s campus identification number
• Contest Name
• Title of Poem(s)

More information--including the history of the Ina Coolbrith contest--on this and other contests is available here.

Dream of Teaching at UCSC?


Application Deadline: Friday, January 20, 2017

The Literature Department offers Literature seniors the opportunity to construct and teach a lower-division course. Applications to teach during the 2017-18 academic year are available at the Literature Department office and must be submitted by Friday, January 20, 2017. In order to be considered to teach such a course, a student must be a Literature senior in 2017-18, and in excellent academic standing. The application requires a statement of purpose, a complete class-by-class syllabus and bibliography, a letter of support from the applicant's faculty sponsor, and other materials.

All applications received by the January 20, 2017, deadline will be reviewed by the Literature Department Chair; a maximum of six per year will be forwarded to the Humanities Division and Committee on Educational Policy for review and approval. For more information about student-directed seminar proposals please write to <litdept@ucsc.edu>.

2017 John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities

Nomination deadline: Monday, February 6, 2017. The John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities recognizes a Humanities Division lecturer or ladder faculty member for his or her commitment and effectiveness in transformative teaching. This award honors Professor Emeritus John Dizikes and his powerful ability to inspire and engage generations of students. A financial award is paid to the faculty member; in addition, the faculty recipient will select a sophomore or junior undergraduate student to receive a scholarship. 

Award Criteria: Nominations may be from undergraduate or graduate students, and should address the faculty member’s ability to arouse curiosity in students, to encourage high standards, and to stimulate students to original and rigorous work though guidance and mentoring. Other criteria include creating an inclusive learning environment that is open and encouraging to all students, relating the subject to other fields of knowledge and making the learning relevant to experience outside the academy.

Procedure for Nomination: Nominations consist of an application form and a brief narrative (maximum one page) describing the impact and effectiveness of the nominee’s teaching.

All nominations of Literature instructors are due at the Literature Department office by Monday, February 6, 2017. Instructions, nomination forms, and a list of previous award recipients are available here.

All-expenses-paid Trip to Italy for Italian American Students

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is now accepting applications for its Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery program. Now in its 18th year, this all-expenses-paid cultural and educational initiative sends 20 Italian American college and university students to Italy each year, to strengthen their understanding of their heritage and the contributions Italy has made to the world. 

The 14-day trip, which will take place in June 2017, will include opportunities for students to attend educational lectures; meet with government officials and business leaders; visit government offices, international businesses, museums and other cultural attractions; and perform community service.

Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 23 at the time of travel (June 2017); enrolled in a college or university for the semester preceding the trip (Spring 2017); and must be of Italian heritage and have never travelled to Italy. 
 
Apply online at www.niaf.org/voyageofdiscovery. Only online applications will be accepted. Applicants are also required to mail a transcript, resume and two written recommendations from a teacher, school official, political or community leader. Deadline to apply is January 31, 2017 (11:59 p.m. EST). Applicants will be notified via email on Monday, February 27, 2017.
 

Writing Contests Open for Submission
‘Muse’ open for submissions from women writers
The annual reading “In Celebration of the Muse” is looking for submissions for the 2017 event. The reading is open to all styles of expressive writing, including fiction, poetry, memoir or drama. More information available here.

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Contests in Fiction, Poetry, and Playwriting
The 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival's Writing Contests are now open for submissions! Prizes are awarded for fiction, poetry, and playwriting. Prizes include, cash, publication in Bayou Magazine, and admission to the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. More information is available on the festival website.

Literature Language Requirement

 The Literature Department language requirement has two parts:

1. Reading proficiency in a second language. Students must present evidence of one of the following: One year (three quarters or equivalent) of college level study of a non-English language (e.g. completion of SPANISH 3 at UCSC) OR demonstrated reading ability at this level.

2.  Completion of LIT 102 Translation Theory OR one upper-division course in a non-English literature studied in the original. LIT 102 will be offered in winter 2017.

Reading ability may be demonstrated by successfully completing a language proficiency test. Proficiency tests in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish and Urdu are administered each quarter by the Literature Department. All exams take place at the Literature Department Office.

In order to be able to enroll in LIT 102, Translation Theory, during their junior year, students should complete the language proficiency requirement by the end of sophomore year. All students who would like to take a language proficiency test are encouraged to do so. Please contact the Literature Department at (831) 459-4778 for more information and to schedule a language proficiency test.

General Literature Major/Minor Information 


All students must complete LIT 1 or its equivalent before declaring the Literature major.

All Literature majors are required to complete Literature 101 prior to enrolling in a Literature senior seminar.

All UCSC students must take a minimum of 75% of their classes for letter grades. Additionally, all Literature majors must take a minimum of 75% of their Literature courses for letter grades. For information on UCSC grade options, please see The Navigator, Chapter 4: Measuring Academic Progress at.

Literature majors must take the senior exit requirement for a letter grade.   






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