In keeping with Rabindranath Thakur’s motto
‘yatravisvam bhavatye ekanidam’, Visva-Bharati
established Centre for Comparative Literature in
2013. The Centre has conferred a total of 3 PhD and 12
Mphil degrees since its inception. At present, the
Centre offers MA and PhD courses in Comparative
Literature. Minor and Multidisciplinary courses in
Comparative Literature are also offered in the UG
level.

Major thrust areas of the Centre include Rabindranath: Texts,
Contexts and Intertexts, Translation Studies, Journey of the
Rama Narrative, Bhakti and Sufi Trajectory; Forms of Colonies,
with special focus on Latin America, Africa and Canada;
Indigenous Studies, Literature and the Other Arts, with special
focus on Dance, Film and Theatre.