University of Chicago

Course Details

Comparative Literature - PhD

Course Description

The Comparative Literature Department's global and historical reach is reflected in the range of faculty research interests. The Department boasts scholars of international reputation in literary theory, literature and philosophy, translation, world poetry and poetics, classical traditions (Eastern and Western) and their afterlives, Renaissance literature, modern drama, film, and cultural policy. The Department offers students the opportunity to grapple in a rigorous way with the most pressing issues in literary studies today: the questioning of national and cultural boundaries and identities; the struggle over literature's epistemological, ethical, or social authority; the debate about what counts as literature, and why; and the interaction between literature and other cultural or intellectual practices.

Course Duration

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3year

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Comparative Literature - PhD University of Chicago