Program overview
Comparative Literature and World Literature, simply put, is "reading literature with a global perspective." Instead of focusing solely on works from one country, you place Chinese literature, Western literature, and Eastern literature side by side, examining how they influence each other and respond to similar human questions. Core courses include Comparative Literature Theory, World Literature Classics, Sino-Western Literary Relations, Translation Studies, and Cross-Cultural Literary Criticism. Chinese universities have unique strengths in this field: for instance, Peking University, Fudan University, and Beijing Normal University boast strong faculty, and Chinese literature itself is an important part of world literature. You can delve deeply into works from the Book of Songs to Mo Yan, while comparing them with Shakespeare, García Márquez, and Haruki Murakami. This major is especially suitable for students who love reading, enjoy exploring cultural differences, and are not satisfied with a single perspective.