Program Overview

Comparative Literature

The major in comparative literature focuses on the study of literature, theory, and criticism across the boundaries of language, nation, culture, artistic medium, genre, and historical period. Faculty in Oberlin’s Comparative Literature Program are drawn from the humanities, arts, and social sciences, allowing majors to integrate their studies in more than one discipline.

three women professors on stage discussing — Professor Sandy Zagarell, violinist Jennifer Koh ’97, and Associate Professor Claire Solomon ’98 participate in a symposium panel discussion exploring questions of literary and musical interpretation.

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Program Facts

Program Type: Major, Minor
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department: Comparative Literature

Acting Chair

Anuradha (Anu) Needham,
Donald R. Longman Professor of English

Contact

Joyce Marshall, Administrative Assistant
440-775-6567
cmpl@oberlin.edu

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Comparative Literature Faculty

Comparative literature and affiliated faculty are accomplished teachers, scholars, and writers whose work appears in respected journals, as articles in scholarly magazines, and in a range of books. Faculty work closely with students to help them shape their course of study from a wide range of possible materials.

Explore Faculty within Comparative Literature

Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
Wendy Beth Hyman

Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Anna Levett

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and French
Stiliana Milkova

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian
Libby Murphy

Associate Professor of French
Anuradha (Anu) Needham

Donald R. Longman Professor of English
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Patrick O'Connor

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature
Kirk Ormand

Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics
Claire Solomon ’98

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature
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Sheera Talpaz

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies
Sevinç Türkkan

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature