Hi guys, thank you so much for this very lively discussion. Very interesting!
I was recently accepted to one school for German and another for Comparative Literature. The German Dept. is certainly my top choice--the faculty, the school, everything's just great--but the Comp. Lit. Dept. is offering much great flexibility in terms of my eventual markability in the job search. I really want to join the German Dept. in the Fall, but I'm worried it may not be the smartest choice.
Are any of you in the same situation? Would you say that generally Comp. Lit. PhDs have a competitive advantage over young Germanists!?
