Comparative Literature-Fenus/Species

Comparative Literature has always been a field of interest to me. I have however mostly been exposed to the World Literature side of the discipline. I was amazed at the history of this discipline and the many areas in which Comparative Literature encompasses.

I did not think it would be difficult to find a Department of Comparative Literature in Universities. It appears according to Holquist that it is not easy to find such departments without them being embedded in other departments. I wanted to see how correct he is. I googled Comparative Lit. departments in California Universities, I found a total of 13 California Public Universities that offer some type of Comparative Literature curriculum. Some of these departments are with English Departments, some are by themselves or united with studies in Foreign languages.

I was also surprised and a little saddened to find that throughout the years classes dealing with Comparative Germanic Literature's and others have ended up in things like German Studies. The sad part of that statement is that many of those literature's are no longer taught in their original languages that they are taught in translation. One of the reasons I am looking forward to the French course for Grad Students is I would love to read a French Novel in French.