True to the spirit of Brown's New Curriculum, a concentration in Comparative Literature affords great academic freedom. Although the Comparative Literature concentration requirements that follow give shape and rigor to the major, they allow advanced courses in any literature department at Brown to count for concentration credit. Courses in related fields, when vitally relevant to an individual's Comparative Literature studies, may also receive concentration credit. In other words, by no means are our concentrators limited to courses in the Comparative Literature department, though all are encouraged to take our courses because they generally enact cross-cultural work. Complete prerequisite(s) for taking 1000-level courses in your two languages before Semester V (students working in non-European languages may be allowed more latitude, be sure to consult a concentration advisor about constructing an individualized plan). Comparative Literature 1210, Introduction to the Theory of Literature. Comparative Literature 1710 (Comparative Literature 2720 strongly urged). One course or more in Linguistics, drawn from among these courses: Cognitive Science 0410, Anthropology 0800, English 1210, Hispanic Studies 1210, or an acceptable substitute. Five or six advanced literature courses (generally 1000-level courses), including Comparative Literature 1210 and At least two courses in the literature of each of your languages, and the remainder drawn chiefly from among the offerings of Comparative Literature and English and other national literature departments. In most cases, courses need to be taught in the language of the literature.