comparative literature

American  

noun

1. the study of the literatures of two or more groups differing in cultural background and, usually, in language, concentrating on their relationships to and influences upon each other.

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comparative literature

Ms. Fox, a scholar of comparative literature, pauses to evoke what was about to be lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

A comparative literature professor at Stanford University, his forthcoming book, “What Tech Calls Governing,” examines the increasingly authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

When I graduated from UC–Berkeley with my “useless” comparative literature degree, into one of the bleakest job markets in recent American memory, I thought to myself, There must be a loophole somewhere.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

The author, a comparative literature PhD student at USC, lives in Studio City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024

Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, 1877-8, 1880-2, and of comparative literature, Columbia, 1891-1904.

From Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines by John Matthews Manly

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