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Comparative Literature

Taper Hall of Humanities 161
(213) 740-0102
FAX: (213) 740-8058
Email: complit@college.usc.edu
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Chair: Panivong Norindr, Ph.D.

Faculty

Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French: Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D.* (French and Italian)

Professors: Dominic C.N. Cheung, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Moshe Lazar, Ph.D.; Akira Mizuta Lippit, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Gloria Orenstein, Ph.D.; Karen Elyse Pinkus, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Hilary M. Schor, Ph.D. (English and Law); Peter Starr, Ph.D. (French and Italian); William G. Thalmann, Ph.D.* (Classics); Daniel Tiffany, Ph.D. (English)

Associate Professors: Roberto Ignacio Diaz, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese); Vincent Farenga, Ph.D. (Classics); Heather James, Ph.D. (English); Natania Meeker, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Panivong Norindr, Ph.D. (French and Italian)

Assistant Professors: Gabriel Giorgi, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese); Edwin Hill, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Anne McKnight, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Antonia Szabari, Ph.D. (French and Italian)

Emeritus Professor: Albert Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.* (French and Italian)

Associated Faculty

Professors: Joseph A. Boone, Ph.D. (English); David E. James, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); James R. Kincaid, Ph.D. (English); Marsha Kinder, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); Tania Modleski, Ph.D. (English); David St. John, M.F.A. (English); Alexander Zholkovsky, Ph.D. (Slavic Languages and Literatures)

Associate Professors: David Bialock, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Janet Johnson, Ph.D. (Music); Margaret Rosenthal, Ph.D. (French and Italian)

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Degree Programs

The Comparative Literature Department offers the B.A., minor, M.A. and Ph.D. in cross-linguistic and cross-cultural literary studies, including the study of various literary genres, periods and movements; literary theory; and interdisciplinary approaches to literature. The literatures and cultures represented in the department include: Western (European and American) and East Asian.