NYU’s PhD in Comparative Literature explores literary traditions across languages, histories, and cultures. The program fosters rigorous study of translation theory, global texts, postcolonial critique, and literary philosophy. Students engage with interdisciplinary faculty and world literature while developing original, cross-cultural dissertations. Graduates are prepared for academic, editorial, and cultural leadership roles across institutions and international organizations.
Postcolonial themes in Caribbean and African revolutionary poetry
Comparative study of mythic archetypes in Asian and Western epics
Multilingualism and identity in transnational literary memoirs
Queer theory and temporality in contemporary Latin American fiction
Translation ethics in feminist world literature
Eco-literature across Indigenous and Western ecological traditions
Linguistic experimentation in surrealist and dadaist poetry
Bilingual poetics and hybrid language in exile writing
Comparative narrative forms in digital vs. print literature
Literature of borderlands: US-Mexico and Palestine-Israel narratives
Role of folklore in anti-colonial resistance literature
Visual storytelling and ekphrastic traditions in comparative literature
Intertextuality in classical Chinese and Greek dramatic forms
Rhetoric of revolution in Eastern European and Latin American novels
Aesthetic philosophy in German and Arabic literary criticism
Disability and embodiment in postmodern fiction
Comparative literary response to genocide and collective trauma
Diasporic writing and memory reconstruction in migrant literature
Cross-cultural metafictional techniques and authorial voice
Comparative analysis of religious allegory in world literature
Explore global texts and theories in NYU’s interdisciplinary Comparative Literature PhD program.
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