{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cslc\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:33:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cslc\/","title":{"rendered":"This is CSLC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Since 2011, <strong>Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Doctoral Program<\/strong> has remapped the boundaries between Comparative Literature, French and Francophone Studies, and Spanish and Latin American Studies, simultaneously carrying on the very best of their traditions while pushing forward the study of the discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cslc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2025\/09\/Reflection_of_Parque_Cultural_Paulista_building_in_Avenida_Paulista_Brazil-250.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Mission\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Doctoral Program provides rigorous training in media studies, literary analysis, and critical theory and fosters independent thinking at the crossroads of these disciplines and methodologies.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cslc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2025\/09\/We_are_ping_they_are_pong_-_Artwork_by_Hanna_Haaslahti_2013-scaled-e1758924567426-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cslc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2025\/09\/We_are_ping_they_are_pong_-_Artwork_by_Hanna_Haaslahti_2013-scaled-e1758924567426-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cslc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2025\/09\/We_are_ping_they_are_pong_-_Artwork_by_Hanna_Haaslahti_2013-scaled-e1758924567426-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Vision\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Doctoral Program is at the front edge of interdisciplinary research, cultivating the common ground tying Comparative Literature, Comparative Media and Culture, French and Francophone Studies, and Spanish and Latin American Studies while carrying out path-breaking research in each of these disciplines. 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