Christopher A. Bolton

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Chair and Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of Comparative Literature

cbolton@williams.edu
Website
413-597-2513
Hollander Hall Rm 310
At Williams since 2003

Education

B.A. Harvard University (1989)
Ph.D. Stanford University, Japanese (1998)

Areas of Expertise

Modern Japanese literature and visual culture, critical theory

Courses

COMP 153 / ASIA 153 LEC

Japanese Film (not offered 2025/26)

COMP 225 / ENGL 241(S) LEC

Introduction to Comparative Literature

COMP 229 / ASIA 204 / ARTH 286 / ARTH 586(F) LEC

Japanese Popular Visual Culture

COMP 231 / ENGL 266 TUT

Postmodernism (not offered 2025/26)

COMP 255 / ASIA 253 SEM

Love and Death in Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture (not offered 2025/26)

COMP 266 / ASIA 266 SEM

Confession and Deception in Japanese Literature (not offered 2025/26)

COMP 301 SEM

Sublime Confusion: A Survey of Literary and Critical Theory (not offered 2025/26)

COMP 324 / ARTH 324 / ASIA 324 / ARTH 525 TUT

Japanese Art and Visual Culture: Private/Public/Pop (not offered 2025/26)

COMP 380 / ENGL 370(F) SEM

Literary and Critical Theory in the Twentieth Century

Scholarship/Creative Work

Please see my web page.

Current Committees

  • Faculty Interview Panel