Comparative Track
Overview:
Immerse yourself in the cross-disciplinary and multimedia world of the Comparative track, guided by our faculty's wide-ranging expertise in animal, media, performance, and science studies.This track invites you to develop the tools for comparative analysis of literature and culture. You can choose to do significant coursework in another tradition (Spanish, English, or Italian, for instance) and/or to take a more interdisciplinary approach, acquiring knowledge, for example, in Media Studies. You will be able to participate in seminars that span different research areas and sharpen your skills in critical thinking and cultural analysis. This track serves as your gateway to understanding the complexities of our interconnected, multifaceted world.
Sample courses:
鈥淧erforming French Theory鈥
鈥淣ineteenth-Century French Literature and Science鈥
鈥淒esire, Deviance, and the Invention of European Literature鈥
鈥淐ritical Approaches to Iberian & Latin American Literatures and Cultures鈥
鈥淪panish American Literature鈥
鈥淐ontemporary Documentary and Social Change鈥
鈥淢ediating Expendable Bodies鈥
鈥淔oundations of Critical Theory鈥