Harvard’s BA in Comparative Literature invites students to cross linguistic and cultural frontiers while examining how stories migrate, transform, and challenge power. Working in at least three languages, majors investigate translation theory, world literature, and the politics of canon formation. Seminars pair medieval epics with Afrofuturist novels, Russian modernism with Latin-American magical realism, and postcolonial essays with digital fan‐fiction, equipping graduates for careers in publishing, diplomacy, law, and cultural criticism.
Critical edition and translation of an overlooked Caribbean novella
Podcast debating global censorship of LGBTQ+ literature
Digital atlas tracking Silk Road literary motifs
Comparative study of exile poetry from Europe and Latin America
Interactive timeline of feminist manifestos worldwide
Bilingual zine on graphic narratives in Japanese and French
Machine-learning analysis of narrative voice across cultures
Virtual book club bridging students in Boston and Bogotá
Archival research on African translations of Shakespeare
Short documentary on immigrant bookstores in New England
Database of environmental themes in contemporary world fiction
Conference panel on decolonizing the literary canon
Creative writing portfolio that re-imagines ancient myths
Collaborative website visualizing global circulation of fairy tales
Oral-history project with multilingual translators
Study of culinary metaphors in diasporic memoirs
Comparative rhetoric in protest poetry from 1968 and 2020
Augmented-reality exhibit mapping literary cafés of the 20th century
Compare, translate, and reimagine texts across languages in Harvard’s globally focused Comparative Literature program.
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