From avant-garde cinema and graffiti culture to book history, word-image relations, and the visualization of violence, the Department of Comparative Literature offers rigorous coursework and faculty expertise in a wide range of global visual cultures. The Dual Title PhD in Comparative Literature and Visual Studies provides students a formal curriculum in theories, cultures, and global circulation of word-image forms.
For a list of Comparative Literature faculty writing and teaching in visual studies, please visit < http://complit.la.psu.edu/people/graduate/areas-of-specialization >.