Overview

About the program

Comparative Literature students at the University of California, Riverside are trained to pursue interdisciplinary and multilingual work grounded in the reading of texts in the original languages.

Faculty work in areas including gender and sexuality studies, decolonial and postcolonial theory, poetics, literature and philosophy, film and media studies, critical theory, and comparative ancient civilizations.

Our students work in literary areas including African, Arabic, Chinese, Classical Greek, English, Filipino, French, German, Italian, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Latin, Malaysian, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Seminar in Comparative Literature: Postnational Literature
Topics in Southeast Asian Studies
Film and Literature: Bodies and Sexualities across Genres, Media and Cultures
Modern African Literature

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

More details

Priority Application Deadline: December 1st

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Riverside, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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General requirements

Three letters of reference. These should be from faculty who have taught you and can attest to your ability to succeed in graduate school.
Transcripts from all institutions you have attended. Transcripts are required in the original language and must be translated into English if not originally in English.
Degree certificates. If you have graduated from a foreign institution, degree certificates are required in both the original language and English translation.
Statement of Purpose
Personal History Statement. Resumes or CVs are not acceptable in lieu of this statement
Writing sample of 10-15 pages
Statement of language proficiency

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

9620 USD / year

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Out-of-State

9620 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

9620 USD / year

≈ 9620 USD / year

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Living costs

Riverside

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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