Comparative Literature - Graduate

Program Chair: Veronika Fuechtner

M.A. Director: Rebecca Biron

Faculty with joint appointments:  A. Coly (African and African American Studies), J. Dorsey (Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages), V. Fuechtner (German), G. Gemünden (German), A. Gomez-Quiñones (Spanish and Portuguese), L. D. Kritzman (French and Italian), E. S. Morsi (Comparative Literature), G. Parati (French and Italian), R. Risham (Film), S. Spitta (Spanish and Portuguese), M. R. Warren (Comparative Literature), D. Washburn (Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages, Film);

Faculty with joint titles: R. E. Biron (Spanish and Portuguese),  D. P. LaGuardia (French and Italian), A. Martín (Spanish and Portuguese), K. Mladek (German), B. Pastor (Spanish and Portuguese), I. Reyes (Spanish and Portuguese), A. Tarnowski (French and Italian);

Associated faculty: Y. Komska (German), M. McGillen (German); R. Stewart (Classics), M. Qiong Xie (ASCL);

Affiliated faculty: T. Aquado (Spanish and Portuguese), J. Baron, J. Beckman (English), N. Canepa (French and Italian), M. Chaney (English), W. Cheng (Music), C. Minchillo (Spanish and Portuguese), T. El-Arris (Middle Eastern Studies), M. Gilebbi (French and Italian), L. Hollister (French and Italian), E. Kane (French and Italian), L. Kolomiyets (EEER), M. Larose(French and Italian). A. McCann (English),  S. Mefoude Obiono (French), K. Milich (MALS), J. Smolin (Middle Eastern Studies) J. Smolin (COLT), N. Tanoukhi (English), M. Wyatt (French and Italian);  

Courses in Comparative Literature are designed to meet the needs of students whose literary interests are broader than those that can be met by the curriculum of any single department.

To view Comparative Literature Graduate courses, click here. 

To view Comparative Literature Undergraduate courses, click here.

Requirements for the Master of Arts in Comparative Literature

Each graduate student must receive credit for at least 10 courses for the nine and a half month Master of Arts degree and complete a major text presentation and prepare an essay of professional quality.

To receive the Masters degree in Comparative Literature a candidate must satisfactorily:

Complete ten credit courses as described below:

COLT 100, Contemporary Literary Criticism and Theory (required)

COLT 101, Topics in Literary and Cultural Theory (required)

COLT 102, Graduate Tutorial (required)

COLT 103, Graduate Seminar (required)

COLT 105, Workshop in Critical Writing (required)

COLT 110, Supervised Undergraduate teaching in Comparative Literature (one term required) 

COLT 700, Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (required)

Four elective courses in relevant Dartmouth language and literature departments including one upper level course in the candidate’s first foreign language. These courses must be approved by the MA director. 

A major text presentation. In conjunction with the Tutorial (COLT 102) and the Graduate Seminar (COLT 103), students will prepare a 20-minute public presentation on a major text (read in its original language) related to their research area.

An M.A. essay. During spring term, in conjunction with COLT 105 (Workshop in Critical Writing), the candidate will prepare a paper of professional quality which will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the Graduate Committee.