Overview
Comparative Literature from University of California, Berkeley provides students with tools for engaging, analyzing, and interpreting texts; and for writing, editing, translating, and thinking across disciplinary and national boundaries. Our graduates take up various literary traditions, historical periods and genres, modalities, forms, and contexts, from, for example, Latin American concrete poetry, to discourses of political and race theory, to Yiddish experimental fiction.
Students at Comparative Literature from University of California, Berkeley will:
- develop new historical and theoretical frameworks, and rethink those we have inherited, opening new perspectives on social and cultural forms and relations.
- pursue rigorous research in a variety of literary and cultural fields, undertake team‐based projects, participate in discussions about political, aesthetic, and social issues, and develop a nuanced cross‐cultural understanding of historical and social processes.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Comparative Literature
- Historical coverage
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 84 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Language Studies Literature Linguistics View 47 other PhDs in Linguistics in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Statement of Purpose
- Personal Statement
- The Writing Sample
- Evidence of English Language Proficiency
- Letters of Recommendation
- Application Fee
Tuition Fee
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International
11442 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5721 USD per semester during 84 months. -
National
11442 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5721 USD per semester during 84 months.
Living costs for Berkeley
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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