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Title: Comparative Literature.

Definition: A program that focuses on two or more literary traditions in the original languages or in translation. Includes instruction in comparative linguistics; applicable foreign languages; English/French language and literature; literary criticism; and applications to genre, period, national, and textual studies as well as literary forms such as poetry, prose, and drama. See also: 23.1401) General Literature., 30.2601) Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis., 30.3601) Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature.

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16.0104 Comparative Literature. No substantive changes 16.0104 Comparative Literature.
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  • Open16) FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    • Open16.01) Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
      • 16.0101) Foreign Languages and Literatures, General.
      • 16.0102) Linguistics.
      • 16.0103) Language Interpretation and Translation.
      • 16.0104) Comparative Literature.
      • 16.0105) Applied Linguistics.
      • 16.0199) Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other.
    • Open16.02) African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0201) African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
    • Open16.03) East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0300) East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.0301) Chinese Language and Literature.
      • 16.0302) Japanese Language and Literature.
      • 16.0303) Korean Language and Literature.
      • 16.0304) Tibetan Language and Literature.
      • 16.0399) East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.04) Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0400) Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.0401) Baltic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0402) Russian Language and Literature.
      • 16.0404) Albanian Language and Literature.
      • 16.0405) Bulgarian Language and Literature.
      • 16.0406) Czech Language and Literature.
      • 16.0407) Polish Language and Literature.
      • 16.0408) Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian Languages and Literatures.
      • 16.0409) Slovak Language and Literature.
      • 16.0410) Ukrainian Language and Literature.
      • 16.0499) Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.05) Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0500) Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.0501) German Language and Literature.
      • 16.0502) Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0503) Danish Language and Literature.
      • 16.0504) Dutch/Flemish Language and Literature.
      • 16.0505) Norwegian Language and Literature.
      • 16.0506) Swedish Language and Literature.
      • 16.0599) Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.06) Modern Greek Language and Literature.
      • 16.0601) Modern Greek Language and Literature.
    • Open16.07) South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0700) South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.0701) Hindi Language and Literature.
      • 16.0702) Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0704) Bengali Language and Literature.
      • 16.0705) Punjabi Language and Literature.
      • 16.0706) Tamil Language and Literature.
      • 16.0707) Urdu Language and Literature.
      • 16.0799) South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.08) Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0801) Iranian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
    • Open16.09) Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.0900) Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.0901) French Language and Literature.
      • 16.0902) Italian Language and Literature.
      • 16.0904) Portuguese Language and Literature.
      • 16.0905) Spanish Language and Literature.
      • 16.0906) Romanian Language and Literature.
      • 16.0907) Catalan Language and Literature.
      • 16.0908) Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.0999) Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.10) American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1001) American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
    • Open16.11) Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1100) Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.1101) Arabic Language and Literature.
      • 16.1102) Hebrew Language and Literature.
      • 16.1103) Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1199) Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.12) Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1200) Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.1202) Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature.
      • 16.1203) Latin Language and Literature.
      • 16.1299) Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.13) Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1301) Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
    • Open16.14) Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1400) Southeast Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
      • 16.1401) Australian/Oceanic/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1402) Indonesian/Malay Languages and Literatures.
      • 16.1403) Burmese Language and Literature.
      • 16.1404) Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature.
      • 16.1405) Khmer/Cambodian Language and Literature.
      • 16.1406) Lao Language and Literature.
      • 16.1407) Thai Language and Literature.
      • 16.1408) Vietnamese Language and Literature.
      • 16.1409) Hawaiian Language and Literature.
      • 16.1499) Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.15) Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1501) Turkish Language and Literature.
      • 16.1502) Uralic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1503) Hungarian/Magyar Language and Literature.
      • 16.1504) Mongolian Language and Literature.
      • 16.1599) Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
    • Open16.16) American Sign Language.
      • 16.1601) American Sign Language (ASL).
      • 16.1602) Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages.
      • 16.1603) Sign Language Interpretation and Translation.
      • 16.1699) American Sign Language, Other.
    • Open16.17) Second Language Learning.
      • 16.1701) English as a Second Language.
      • 16.1702) Reserved.
      • 16.1799) Reserved.
    • Open16.18) Armenian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
      • 16.1801) Armenian Language and Literature.
    • Open16.99) Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
      • 16.9999) Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.