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

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

In the humanities division, the cutbacks mean the school is pausing Ph.D. admissions for a year in disciplines like comparative literature, Germanic studies and art history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

In the 1970s, he taught English and comparative literature at his alma mater, Columbia University.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2024

All that concerns the relations between "Dutch journalists" and English writers interests the history of comparative literature.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Charles Bastide