Comparative Literature - Stanford University

Comparative Literature from Stanford University is a Campus Bachelor Literature degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The undergraduate major in Comparative Literature is designed for students who combine the drive and ability to master foreign languages with a strong commitment to literary study. In all cases, students must do a substantial portion of their work in at least one foreign language. The major enables these students to pursue carefully constructed programs of study involving the in-depth study of literature in one or more languages not their own; and the study of their literature of specialization, its theory, and its practice in relation to other literatures, communications media, and disciplines. The major is distinguished from those in the national literatures by its comparative scope, by the requirement of seminars that focus on fundamental theoretical questions regarding the nature of literature and literary inquiry, and by its requirement that students' programs of study be structured around the exploration of a single literary genre, historical epoch, or theoretical problem. It differs from the "interdisciplinary" majors in English and Modern Thought and Literature (MTL) by its requirement that every student's program be anchored in the study of a literature other than that of his or her native language and, with specific regard to MTL, by its chronological scope. View more details on Stanford University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Literature courses.