The Field

Comparative Literature is the international, interdisciplinary study of literary and other texts as modes of human expression. Courses in Comparative Literature examine literary works from many national traditions, and also study the relations between literature and the other arts. The comparative perspective includes insights from philosophy, history, linguistics, sociology, the media, and the other human sciences.

Three tracks lead to the B.A. degree in Comparative Literature. All emphasize analysis and comparison of works from several national literary traditions (one of which may be English), and the study of these works in their original language. The third track also explores the relation of literature to an extraliterary discipline.

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