Comparative literature
Job Description
Comparative Literature (commonly abbreviated as “Comp Lit”) offers students the opportunity to pursue their love of literature beyond national and disciplinary boundaries. It situates the study of literature in a 21st century global context that takes account of cultural and linguistic diversity as well as changing technologies and new media.
As a major, you will:
- Read literary texts in at least one language other than English.
- Study works from the ancient to the modern world.
- Explore the transnational production of culture to include both so-called “great books” of the Western tradition and cultural productions from non-Western traditions.
- Engage theoretical frameworks that provide critical perspectives on foundational questions in the humanities.
- Examine the relationships between literature and other disciplines (e.g. philosophy, religion, history, law, film studies, and psychoanalysis) as well as between literature and other media.
