Comparative Literature Major
On these pages, prospective majors will find information about the discipline of comparative literature, the types of careers that graduates pursue, and how to embark on the major. Prospective and current majors will find information about this flexible and capacious major, including the program of study, courses, funding, deadlines, and events.
“What the department offered then, and offers now, is an unparalleled introduction to, and deep journey into, the greatest, most complex, and enigmatic expressions of human feeling and thought in nearly all imaginable languages from Homer onward.” David Remnick ‘81, editor of the New Yorker and a Princeton comparative literature major
