比较文学是一门创新性的专业，它鼓励学生通过超越国家和学科界限来追随对文学的热情。本着时代精神，学生们深入研究世界各地的文学，并探索其与其他媒体和学科的交汇处，例如电影学，艺术史，哲学，政治，人类学，历史和语言学。比较文学系的课程包括世界文学课程和跨学科研究，学生与非洲，加勒比海，中国，欧洲和英美，拉丁美洲，中东和伊斯兰以及俄罗斯和东欧文学的杰出学者共同努力和文化研究。同时，该专业鼓励学生利用纽约大学其他部门提供的丰富课程或出国留学。我们的课程指南为学生提供了极大的灵活性，可以根据自己的智力目标来制定学习课
The major in comparative literature is aimed at students with broad interdisciplinary interests, a desire to explore new fields and forms of experimental thinking, and diverse language backgrounds (including mother tongue or second languages that are engaged in a comparative way). We offer many seminar-format courses with intensive faculty interaction and discussion. Our faculty specializations cover European, Anglo-American, African-American, African, Slavic, Latin American, Caribbean, Chinese, South Asian, and Middle Eastern literatures. Departmental courses immerse students in ancient, early modern, and modern global literatures, often with an emphasis on Continental philosophy and literary and critical theory more generally.<br><br>Students are given flexibility in the design of the major (which has two tracks, one in literature and one in literary and cultural studies) and can integrate into their course of study coursework in anthropology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, gender and race studies, history, political theory, religion, art, music, and film and media studies, among other fields. Qualified students are encouraged to take part in the department's honors program, which culminates in the writing of a senior honors thesis under the supervision of a faculty member. A minor in comparative literature is available for students majoring in a different discipline or field. We also strongly encourage prospective double majors who may seek to combine this humanities major with another specialty.<br><br>The department offers its majors and minors elective credit for internships in publishing, at literary agencies, and at other professional offices. Please consult the internship section of our website and contact the director of undergraduate studies for more information.