Overview
The Comparative Literature program of study from Princeton University enables students with exceptional training in languages and literatures to profit from the increased awareness and understanding that may be derived from the considered view of more than one literature and of the theoretical presuppositions behind literary study as a whole.
The program prepares candidates for scholarship in the field and for teaching in comparative literature, separate departments of literature, and the humanities.
Program Offerings
The curriculum in comparative literature has two major objectives: while training students in one literary tradition, it also requires them to be seriously interested in at least two other literatures as well as in the historical, critical and theoretical problems raised by the study of literature.
The course of study over the four to six terms prior to the general examination reflects these objectives, and includes course work in comparative literature and in the student’s major and minor literatures. Students must take a minimum of 12 graduate-level courses, at least 10 of which must be for credit.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Greek Tragedy
- Ancient Literary Criticism
- Hellenic Tradition
- Comparative Literature Graduate Pedagogy Seminar: Radical Pedagogies
- Literature and Philosophy
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
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Literature View 117 other PhDs in Literature in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Sample of written work in English, 25 pages maximum
- Statement of Academic Purpose
- Resume / Curriculum Vitae
- Letters of Recommendation
- Transcripts
- Required Tests
- Writing Sample
Tuition Fee
Princeton guarantees full funding for its Ph.D. candidates for all years of regular program enrolment.
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