Masters Programs in World Literature at NYC Colleges

Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

• Columbia University's English and Comparative Literature department offers a master of arts degree. Students are required to take at least one course each in a literary period before 1700 and after 1700, achieve proficiency in a foreign language and must complete a 30-page essay in the style of an academic article. Courses include love poetry; Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot; and Creolization. Notable faculty that focus on world literature are Brent Edwards, Joan Ferrante and Joseph Slaughter.

  Department of English and Comparative Literature
  Columbia University
  602 Philosophy Hall
  212-854-6475
  columbia.edu/cu/english/grad_index.htm

Department of Comparative Literature, New York University

• New York University's Department of Comparative Literature combines a location in Greenwich Village with a premier graduate program. To attain the master of arts, students must finish 30 semester hours, achieve proficiency in at least one foreign language and compose a master's thesis, of about 30 pages. Emily Apter, Kamau Braithwaite and Daniel Javitch are notable faculty.

  New York University
  Department of Comparative Literature
  13-19 University Place, 3rd Floor 
  New York, NY 10003-4556 
  212-998-8790
  nyu.edu/fas/dept/complit/graduate/index.html

Literary Studies Program, Fordham University

• The Literary Studies Program at Fordham University offers a graduate degree in comparative literature, which draws resources from multiple campuses and departments. In fall 2010, courses included world cinema masterpieces; literature and medicine in the ancient regime; and lost illusions. The faculty includes Chris GoGwilt, Frederick Harris and Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei.

  Literary Studies Program
  Fordham University
  Rose Hill Campus
  Bronx, NY 10458
  718-817-1000
  fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/literary_studies

Department of English, City College of New York

• The City College of New York's English Department offers a graduate-level focus on comparative literature. To attain a master of arts degree, students must pass translation, comprehensive and a special areas exams. Faculty who work in comparative literature are James de Jongh, Jane Marcus, and Grazyna Drabik. Sample graduate courses take a look at contrastive written language and sociolinguistics.

  City College of New York?
  160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY 10031
  212-650-7000?
  www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/humanities/english/index.cfm