Comparative Literature Department

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The Comparative Literature Department at UMass Amherst specializes in the interdisciplinary study of literature from various cultures. As part of UMass Amherst's transition to a top-tier research university in the 1960s, it was founded by Irving Rothberg of the Spanish and Portuguese Department, Eva Schiffer of the German Department, Paul Mankin of the French Department, and Alex Page of the English Department.

The Comp-Lit department is headquartered in Herter Hall, mostly on the 3rd and 4th floors with the Spanish and Portuguese Department.

[edit] Related projects

Faculty from the Comp-Lit department founded the University Translation Center and the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival. Comp-Lit faculty head the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies, collaborate in the University Without Walls program, and work as advisors and teaching faculty in Commonwealth College.

[edit] List of faculty

• Nerissa S. Balce
• N. C. Christopher Couch
• Laszlo Dienes
• Edwin Gentzler
• James Hicks
• David Lenson
• Don Eric Levine
• William Moebius
• Elizabeth Petroff
• Catherine Portuges
• Robert A. Rothstein
• Maria Tymoczko

[edit] External links

• http://www.umass.edu/complit/