PhD Comparative Literature at University of California, Berkeley

Programme overview

Our graduate program is recognized as one of the top Comparative Literature programs in the country. The Comparative Literature department is a vibrant place for the research and study of literatures and cultures in an interdisciplinary framework, from transnational and cross-cultural perspectives. Our faculty and graduate students develop new historical and theoretical frameworks and rethink those we have inherited to open new perspectives on social and cultural forms and relationships.

Faculty: Graduate Division | Department: Comparative Literature | Duration: 7 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Normative Time Requirements Normative time to advancement: 8 semesters Normative in candidacy: 6 semesters Total normative time: 14 semesters Time to Advancement Curriculum The Doctoral Program is designed to provide familiarity with one (major) literature in comprehensive historical and critical ways, and the demonstrated ability to do comparative work in national literatures.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students should have completed advanced work in at least one language other than English and, ideally, have begun the study of a second language as well. They should be able to demonstrate the skills of close rhetorical analysis of literary texts through the submission of a writing sample, usually a college-level essay. Applicants are no longer required to take the GRE (Graduate Record Examination), and any submitted GRE scores will not be reviewed.

Duration: 7 years

Apply through the official page: https://grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/

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