Comparative Literature?
| Autor: | Haun Saussy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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| Zdroj: | Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 118:336-341 |
| ISSN: | 1938-1530 0030-8129 |
| Popis: | What is comparative literature? Not a theory or a methodology, certainly (which raises the question of why this article should appear in a series so entitled), though theories and methodologies aplenty occur as part of its typical business. Is there, or can there be, an object of knowledge identifiable as “comparative literature”?When I began hearing about comparative literature in the middle 1970s, there was a fairly straightforward means of distinguishing comparative literature on the university campuses where it was done. The English department pursued knowledge of language and literature in one language; the foreign language departments pursued similar studies in two languages (typically English, assumed to be most students' native language, plus the foreign tongue); and comparative literature committees, programs, or departments carried out literary analysis in at least three languages at once. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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