Committee in Charge

Michelle E. Bloom, Ph.D. Comparative Literature/French
David K. Danow, Ph.D. Russian/Comparative Literature
Sabine Doran, Ph.D. European Literature/Comparative Literature
Michael Foster, Ph.D. Japanese/Comparative Literature
Reinhold Grimm, Ph.D. (Emeritus) Comparative Literature/Germanic Studies
Georg M. Gugelberger, Ph.D. Comparative Literature
Stephanie B. Hammer, Ph.D. Comparative Literature/Germanic Studies
John N. Kim, Ph.D. Germanic Studies/Japanese/Comparative Literature
Margherita Long , Ph.D. Japanese/Comparative Literature
Hendrik M.J. Maier, Ph.D. Southeast Asian Literature/Comparative Literature
Lisa A. Raphals, Ph.D. Chinese/Comparative Literature
Thomas F. Scanlon, Ph.D. Classics/Comparative Ancient Civilizations/Comparative Literature
Theda Shapiro , Ph.D. French/Comparative Literature
George E. Slusser, Ph.D. Comparative Literature
Marguerite Waller, Ph.D. Italian/Women' Studies/Comparative Literature   (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages/Women's Studies)
Yenna Wu , Ph.D. Chinese/Civilizations/Comparative Literature
Yang Ye, Ph.D. Chinese/Civilizations/Comparative Literature

Joel W. Martin, Ph.D.
Dean (Interim), College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, ex officio

The department offers the B.A. in Comparative Literature. Comparative Literature is an interdisciplinary field which is studied internationally. At UCR, the Comparative Literature curriculum is organized around a core staff of comparatists assisted by qualified faculty from other departments and programs. The discipline of Comparative Literature encourages study of interliterary relationships among various cultural traditions; on the graduate level, it seeks to promote the study of interdisciplinary relationships. Comparative Literature courses, undergraduate or graduate, require that the majors read whenever possible in the languages (two for undergraduates, one of which may be English, and three for graduates) they present. Nonmajors may do all the readings in English translations. Comparative Literature majors may also work with translations.

Comparative Literature courses are open to all students.

Comparative Literature Major

1. Lower-division requirements (16 units plus proficiency)
   1. Proficiency in at least one foreign language, ancient or modern, through the intermediate level (second year)
      
      
   2. CPLT 015
      
      
   3. CPLT 017A, CPLT 017B, CPLT 017C
      
      
2. Upper-division requirements (56 units)
   1. Twenty (20) units in one literature, distributed as much as possible among courses representing the various literary periods
      
      
   2. Twelve (12) units in a second literature
      
      
   3. CPLT 110
      
      
   4. Twenty (20) units in Comparative Literature

Students contemplating graduate study in Comparative Literature are urged to complete two years in a third (or second foreign) language before graduation. Undergraduate units taken on an S/NC basis may not be applied toward the minimum unit requirement for the B.A. degree, unless such units are taken outside Comparative Literature and a student's first and second literatures.