The Comparative Literature program offers students a special opportunity to study literature within an international and multicultural framework. DIT is designed for students who want to pursue the study of literature unrestricted by national boundaries and conventional demarcations of culture.
Comparative Literature recognizes that all literary texts exist within the framework of world cultures and emphasizes the importance of bringing a multicultural perspective to the understanding of literary traditions. The philosophy of Comparative Literature is to carry out the study of literature in the broadest cultural context, and the primary supporting departments include Classical Studies, English, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Religion, and Speech and Drama. The program recognizes that all literary texts exist within the framework of world cultures, and therefore it emphasizes the importance of bringing a multicultural perspective to the understanding of literary traditions.
A minor in Comparative Literature, with its international scope, both broadens a student's general education in the humanities and provides rich support for future academic and professional careers. One of the many benefits this minor offers is the freedom to devise a program of study shaped largely by a student's own interests. It also encourages students to go beyond their own cultural and linguistic heritages in studying literature. The primary supporting departments include Classical Studies, English, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Religion, and Speech and Drama. By moving across cultures and disciplines, students also gain new perspectives on their own worldviews. A minor in Comparative Literature, with its international scope, both broadens a student's general education in the humanities and provides rich support for future academic and professional careers.
Chinese
Classics
Drama
English
Greek
Latin
Modern Languages and Literatures
Philosophy
Political Science
Speech and Drama
Dr. Heather Sullivan, Associate Professor
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
(210) 999-7535
hsulliva@trinity.edu