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Comparative Literature Upcoming Events: Comparative Literature Tea The study of Comparative Literature situates literature in an international perspective. It examines connections between literary history, literary criticism, critical theory, and poetics, while also working toward an understanding of the sociocultural functions of literature. Interpretive methods from other disciplines that interrogate cultural discourses also play a role in the comparative study of literature. Among these are philosophy, history, religion, classics, African-American, gender and inter-cultural studies, anthropology, and the arts. Comparative Literature is a Bi-College program which draws upon faculty and course offerings at both Haverford and Bryn Mawr. Students of Comparative Literature are required to have a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language adequate to the advanced study of literature in that language. Some Comparative Literature courses may require reading knowledge of a particular foreign language as a prerequisite for admission.         Back to Academics. . . to Haverford College . . . Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr For questions and comments please contact Maud McInerney. Last updated on November 5, 2004->