Do you need to be bilingual to study Comparative Literature?

How many languages would I study? In addition to courses in Comparative Literature, you would complete advanced coursework in at least two languages. These need not be new languages: your first language(s) count, including English! You may also work in three languages if you wish.

Is Comparative Literature a competitive major?

Our program is competitive. The ratio of students applying to students admitted is considerably more than 10:1. What is the Department looking for? We have a great range of students, including many foreign students, and students working on a great variety of literatures and topics.

Is Comparative Literature an English degree?

This degree combines English literature with different literatures from around the world. Core modules will introduce you to the concept of world literature and issues such as genre, narratology and reception. Then you’ll choose from a wide range of optional modules to pursue topics that interest you.

Is Comparative Literature a good degree?

The Comparative Literature major provides you with an excellent background for any career or post-graduate course of study requiring logical and persuasive argument; clear and articulate writing; thoughtful analysis of written, oral, and visual materials; and critical thinking skills.

What can you do with a comparative studies degree?

Where are Regional and Comparative Studies Majors Now?

• Attorney.
• Campaign staffer.
• Creative writer.
• Development associate.
• Economist.
• Editorial assistant.
• Foreign Service officer.
• Intelligence officer.

Is comparative literature better than English literature?

Though English Literature courses can work with World Englishes, Comparative Literature courses are much more likely to be multilingual. Comparative literature provides students like me with more tools to understand other cultures on their terms and, where possible, in their languages.

What can I do with comparative literature?

Comparative Literature careers

• Secondary school teacher.
• Publishing.
• Journalist.
• University Lecturer.
• Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.

What is a major in comparative literature?

The Comparative Literature Major allows students to address fundamental questions about the nature, function, and value of literature in a broadly comparative context. Majors read and write about a wide variety of literary works across periods, genres, and national traditions.

What is your idea about comparative literature?

Comparative Literature is the comparison of literary works from more than one linguistic tradition. Therefore, in order to make such a comparison, a researcher must take a translinguistic and transculturall approach of analysis. The relationship between art and literature is not new and it is explored in many studies.

What is the difference between comparative literature and world literature?

While Comparative Literature is about the differences, World Literature is about the commonalities between all national literatures. It is concerned with that which is universal and common to all literatures.