Comparative Literature
Taper Hall of Humanities 234
(213) 740-0102
Chair: Peter Starr, Ph.D.
Faculty
Professors: Dagmar Barnouw, Ph.D. (German); Lloyd W. Brown, Ph.D.; Dominic C.N. Cheung, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Jerold Frakes, Ph.D. (German); Paul Ilie, Ph.D. (Spanish); Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D. (French); Lucille Kerr, Ph.D. (Spanish); Moshe Lazar, Ph.D.; Gloria Orenstein, Ph.D. (Study of Women and Men in Society); Albert Sonnenfeld, Ph.D. (French); Nancy Vickers, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
Associate Professors: Vincent Farenga, Ph.D. (Classics); Peter Starr, Ph.D. (French)
Assistant Professor: Roberto I. Diaz, Ph.D. (Spanish)
Emeritus Professor: David Malone, Ph.D.
Associated Faculty
Professors: George Bauer, Ph.D. (French); Joseph A. Dane, Ph.D. (English); Page duBois, Ph.D. (Classics, English); David St. John, M.F.A. (English); William G. Thalmann, Ph.D. (Classics)
Associate Professors: Arthur Babcock, Ph.D. (French); Joseph Boone, Ph.D. (English); Arnold Heidsieck, Ph.D. (German); Marcus Levitt, Ph.D. (Slavic Languages and Literatures); Amy Richlin, Ph.D. (Classics, Study of Women and Men in Society); Margaret Rosenthal, Ph.D. (Italian)
Assistant Professor: Daniel Tiffany, Ph.D. (English)
Degree Programs
The Comparative Literature Program offers the B.A., 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 program fall within three primary traditions: Western (European and American), East Asian, and Pan-African.
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