Comparative Track
Overview:
Immerse yourself in the cross-disciplinary and multimedia world of the Comparative track, guided by our faculty's wide-ranging expertise in animal, media, performance, and science studies.This track invites you to develop the tools for comparative analysis of literature and culture. You can choose to do significant coursework in another tradition (Spanish, English, or Italian, for instance) and/or to take a more interdisciplinary approach, acquiring knowledge, for example, in Media Studies. You will be able to participate in seminars that span different research areas and sharpen your skills in critical thinking and cultural analysis. This track serves as your gateway to understanding the complexities of our interconnected, multifaceted world.
Sample courses:
“Performing French Theory”
“Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Science”
“Desire, Deviance, and the Invention of European Literature”
“Critical Approaches to Iberian & Latin American Literatures and Cultures”
“Spanish American Literature”
“Contemporary Documentary and Social Change”
“Mediating Expendable Bodies”
“Foundations of Critical Theory”