Comparative and World Literature

Subject abbreviations: CPLT

Committee in Charge Yang Ye, Ph.D., Chair, Chinese/Comparative Literature Michelle E. Bloom, Ph.D. Comparative Litera - ture/French David K. Danow, Ph.D. Russian/Compar a tive Literature Sabine Doran, Ph.D. European Literature/Comparative Literature Stephanie B. Hammer, Ph.D. Comparative Liter - ature/Germanic Studies John N. Kim, Ph.D. Germanic Studies/Japanese/Comparative Literature Mariam Beevi Lam, Ph.D. Vietnamese/ Comparative Literature Margherita Long, Ph.D. Japanese/Comparative Literature Hendrik M.J. Maier, Ph.D., Southeast Asian Literature/Comparative Literature Lisa A. Raphals, Ph.D. Chinese/Compara tive Literature Jeffrey Sacks, Ph.D. Arabic Literature/Compara tive Literature Thomas F. Scanlon, Ph.D. Classics/Comparative Ancient Civilizations/Comparative Literature Theda Shapiro, Ph.D. French/Comparative Literature Marguerite Waller, Ph.D. Italian/Women’s Studies/Comparative Literature Yenna Wu, Ph.D. Chinese/Civiliza tions/ Comparative Literature Stephen E. Cullenberg, Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, ex officio The department offers the B.A. in Comparative Literature. Comparative Literature is an interdis- ciplinary field which is studied internationally. At UCR, the Comparative Literature curriculum is organized around a core staff of comparatists assisted by qualified faculty from other depart- ments and programs. The discipline of Comparative Literature encourages study of interliterary relationships among various cultur- al traditions; on the graduate level, it seeks to promote the study of interdisciplinary relation- ships. Comparative Literature courses, under- graduate or graduate, require that the majors read whenever possible in the languages (two for undergraduates, one of which may be English, and three for graduates) they present. Nonmajors may do all the readings in English translations. Comparative Literature majors may also work with translations.

Comparative Literature and World Literature courses are open to all students.

• 1. Lower-division requirements (16 units plus

proficiency)

• a) Proficiency in at least one foreign lan-

guage, ancient or modern, through the intermediate level (second year)

• b) CPLT 015

• c) CPLT 017A, CPLT 017B, CPLT 017C

• 2. Upper-division requirements (56 units)

• a) Twenty (20) units in one literature, distrib-

uted as much as possible among courses representing the various literary periods

• b) Twelve (12) units in a second literature

• c) CPLT 110

• d) Twenty (20) units in Comparative

Literature

Students contemplating graduate study in Comparative Literature are urged to complete two years in a third (or second foreign) lan- guage before graduation. Undergraduate units taken on an S/NC basis may not be applied toward the minimum unit requirement for the B.A. degree, unless such units are taken out- side Comparative Literature and a student’s first and second literatures.