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  • Comparative Literature
    611 Sproul Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-5799
    Fax: (530) 752-8630
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Comparative Literature

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 2
  • Final: Mar. 1

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores recommended
  • Sample of a recent paper on a literary topic

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

The program places a strong emphasis on individual research that may center on: a major historical period, such as the Renaissance or the Modern Age; a genre, such as epic, drama, fiction, or poetry; or any other interpretive or theoretical topic approved by the graduate adviser. M.A. candidates combine the study of comparative literature with the study of two literatures in the original languages, one of which may be English. Ph.D. candidates, in addition to further research of a comparative nature, study three literatures in the original languages, acquiring an extensive knowledge of the overall development of one of them.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Comparative Literature Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
Juliana Schiesari French & Italian (530) 752-4627
Academic Advisers
Juliana Schiesari French & Italian 9/1/07 - 8/31/09 (530) 752-4627
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Kay Green Languages & Literatures (530) 752-5799
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Jean Telford Graduate Studies (530) 752-9292