UWM Libraries Collection Policy Manual, rev. ed., 2003--Section II, Subject Collections, Comparative Literature

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Academic Program

Undergraduate major and minor, M.A. in Foreign Language and Literature. A coordinated degree program leading to a simultaneous MAFLL/MLIS, in cooperation with the School of Information Studies, is available.

Emphasis is on Western literatures from the time of Greek drama to the present; international literary crosscurrents; literary movements and concepts; comparative literary criticism; literary research; genre studies; film-fiction interactions; translation theory, and comparative mythology; as well as interdisciplinary studies involving literature and anthropology, philosophy, political science, sociology and mathematics.

Collection Level

Advanced study.

Collection Profile

The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for comparative literature:

PC (Romance Languages and Literatures): General, Italian, French.

PQ (Romance Literatures): French literature, and Italian literature.

GN (Anthropology): Religion and ritual.

Languages

English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and other languages.

Related Subject Collections

Anthropology, Classics, English, French, German, Hebrew Studies, Italian, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, Slavic Languages, Spanish & Portuguese, and Theatre & Dance.

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Academic Program
	Undergraduate major and minor, M.A. in Foreign Language and Literature. A coordinated degree program leading to a simultaneous MAFLL/MLIS, in cooperation with the School of Information Studies, is available. Emphasis is on Western literatures from the time of Greek drama to the present; international literary crosscurrents; literary movements and concepts; comparative literary criticism; literary research; genre studies; film-fiction interactions; translation theory, and comparative mythology; as well as interdisciplinary studies involving literature and anthropology, philosophy, political science, sociology and mathematics.
Collection Level
	Advanced study.
Collection Profile The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for comparative literature: PC (Romance Languages and Literatures): General, Italian, French. PQ (Romance Literatures): French literature, and Italian literature. GN (Anthropology): Religion and ritual.
Languages
	English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and other languages.
Related Subject Collections
	Anthropology, Classics, English, French, German, Hebrew Studies, Italian, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, Slavic Languages, Spanish & Portuguese, and Theatre & Dance.