crazypoinsonous

I am looking at Harvard b/c of the possibility of secondary field in critical media practice. I think the way I put my interests together might be misleading. I work quite a bit with German 20th century literature and Francophone literature, and I have done work mainly in diasporic literature. I know that art history wouldn't be a good fit for me. Going forward from my current research, I am looking to integrate art into my research, and that's why I put new media and contemporary art there. Also, from what I have seen, U-chicago seems a little too focus on European literature (?) is that true? I will definitely look into northwestern + dissertation from every school.

yeah fair enough. I was hesitant to put too much personal info here.

interest: comparative diaspora studies, feminist and queer theory, trauma theory, video/new media/ contemporary art language: excluding english, I am native in 2 language, fluent in 3, plus one classical language

I'm applying straight out of college and w/o MA next year (freaking out slightly), and I'm only applying for PhD programs. Can someone take a look at this list and let me know if anything looks out of place (i.e. program's focus) and/or this is wayyyyy tooooo out of reach? -background: gpa 3.9 from an ivy, great recs, GRE v167, q168; interest: comparative diaspora studies, feminist and queer theory, trauma theory, video/new media/ contemporary art ||| edit: I do work mainly with diasporic literature, and I want to do work in literature along with art. language: English, Chinese, French, German, Arabic, some Armenian and Indonesian, full reading proficiency in Classical Chinese brown (comp lit) columbia (comp lit/ postcolonial studies) duke (literature) harvard (comp lit) princeton (comp lit) uc irvine (comp lit) uc berkeley (comp lit) upenn (comp lit) nyu (comp lit) penn state (comp lit) emory (comp lit) yale (comp lit)

alright, thanks everyone! I think that I have 2 languages as my primary focus, but my project also uses several other languages that I know due to its comparative nature. That's why I am asking. Thanks again

i think my question can be asked positively and negatively: positive phrasing: does being fluent in, let's say, 7 languages give you a competitive edge in application? negative phrasing: does knowing 7 languages make people think that you are not focused enough/ spreading yourself too thing?

I know that most comp lit PhD programs require around four languages, but I have a feeling that they also expect us to have a very solid background in every one of its literature. If I have more languages than expected when applying, will they consider me as not specialized enough? (Although I have undergraduate majors in 2 of the languages) Will it an advantage or a disadvantage? Will they think that I spread myself too thin, especially because it is impossible to write a dissertation that includes all of the languages and its literature?