加州大学圣地亚哥分校的文学系结构复杂且与众不同，与传统的英语系或比较文学系不同，我们研究并训练学生在一个程序中研究多种语言的世界文学和文化。该系成立于1963年，代表了一群致力于研究和辩论跨国和跨学科问题的学者，评论家和作家的开创性尝试。相信当代学者“â€和未来â€â€的奖学金不再可以保留在传统的学科或国家范围内的信念，使在不同语言和文化领域工作的教师和学生聚集在一起。五十年后的今天，我们发现情况比以往任何时候都更加重要。<br> <br>单一文学系的不寻常结构特别有利于欧洲内部文学和文化的比较研究以
The Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego has a complex and unusual structure in that unlike more traditional departments of English or Comparative Literature, we study and in turn train students to examine world literatures and cultures in multiple languages within a single program. The unusual structure of the single Literature Department is particularly conducive to the comparative study of literatures and cultures within Europe, and to the examination of European traditions in global context, both past and present. The department brings together scholars whose interests range from ancient Greece and Rome to contemporary European culture. In recent years, faculty and graduate students at UCSD have explored such issues as the role of minorities in contemporary European culture, the cultural history of nation-formation and European imperialism, race, class, and gender as intersecting categories of European culture, and the emergence of film and other visual cultures within modern Europe. The department is particularly strong in European intellectual history and contemporary critical theory. Faculty either specialize in particular national traditions (French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish) or pursue comparatist and/or interdisciplinary literary and cultural studies. Hence prospective graduate students interested in European Studies may apply to sections in Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, French, German, or Spanish, depending on their particular areas of interest.