Can comparative literature be autonomous or does it have to borrow from other fields and disciplines. Pallavi deka buzarboruah department of assamese dibrugarh university, india abstract. Pdf on comparative literature elmas sahin academia. The department accepts candidates for the degrees of bachelor of arts and doctor of philosophy. Students interested in pursuing a comparative literature major should discuss their preparation and program of courses with the comparative literature chair early in their first or second year at the.
Comparative literature is the study of the world through its literatures and cultures. The canon of comparative literature to the extent that such a thing existsis even stranger and more arbitrary than the canons accepted in the various national literatures that make up our western literary community. This course is a space for students to ask questions about languages, culture, and powerand to actively relate them to the concrete, contemporary case study of racial injustice in the united states. Elizabeth dahab 1 j chapter one a new comparative literature as theory and method chapter two literature and cultural participation 43 chapter three comparative literature asand interdisciplinarity 79 chapter four cultures, peripheralities, and comparative literature 121 chapter five. Comparative literature allows you to study a broad range of topics across the globe and develop your own perspective by analyzing and comparing the themes. In a globalized world where the circulation of blogs, legal documents, political manifestos, manuscripts, online journals, and images constantly shapes and reshapes human. What is literary theory and theory pertaining not just to literature and why should students become familiar with it.
This approach to comparative literature examines how things like gender and sexuality, social class structures, and globalization influence literature and are represented in it. It is only his earnest and sincere approach which will bring forth the naked truth or natural results and this really is the purpose of comparative study. Queer theory, or gender studies, is a relatively recent and evolving school of criticism, which. An introduction to literary theory and to developments in comparative literature, intended for undergraduate majors and prospective majors but open to all undergraduates with an interest in literature and other forms of art. Comparative literature is a holistic study of literature that defies boundaries of nation or language. From philosophical approaches to literary discourses, from poetry to tragedy, from story to novel, and the other literary genre, numerous. War ii period with focus on interdisciplinary approach. Embodied social cognition and comparative literature. Knowledge of literary criticism demonstrate broad familiarity with the development of the field of comparative literary studies and with contemporary comparative metho ds and approaches to literature. Comparative literature, an institutional activity 2.
Jun 01, 2020 this introduction to the special issue on cognitive approaches to comparative literature explores points of alignment between the two fields, outlining possible cognitivist interventions into debates that have been animating comparative literature, such as those concerning universals, politics of translatability especially in the context. Institute for empirical literature and media research. The field of comparative literature provides students the opportunity to study imaginative literature in all its forms. The comparative literature minor is not available to students. In other words, the methods of comparative literature do not seek to produce or. He describes comparative cultural studies as an approach with three areas of theoretical content. An introduction to fiction, poetry, and drama, sixth edition new. It frames the introduction within recent theoretical debates and shifts in the discipline whilst also. Film and literature a comparative approach to adaptation. Few would deny that comparative literature is rapidly moving from the periphery toward the center of literary studies in north america, but many are still unsure just what it is. A bibliotherapeutic approach to le petit prince and the wonderful wizard of oz, julie t. Comparative literature is a way of studying world literature.
Literary studies with comparative cultural approaches to the other cultures as well as the other languages and literatures make numerous contributions on literary studies, literary criticism and theory, literary history. Studies in literary themes and motifs 36 creditsmaximum of 6 comparative approaches to recurrent literary themes and motifs. In developing diaspora literacy andmarasaconsciousness, i attempted to chart an innovative theoretical approach to texts beyond the typical dyadic relationships so commonly reproduced in comparative literature studies whether confined to texts produced within and defined by national boundaries, genres, and periods, or to intertextual. The remaining 12 units must be in upper division courses selected from comparative literature 440, 445, 470, 5, 561, 580, 584, 594, 595, 596. The simple way to define comparative literature is to say that it is a comparison between the two literatures. Etymologically, the term comparative literature denotes any literary work or works when compared with any other literary work. Comparative literature theses and dissertations comparative.
Comparative literature analyses the similarities and dissimilarities and parallels between two literatures. Rather than develop any one single approach, the hope is that students will gain an appreciation of the rich literary opportunities available within the discipline, and master many of the tools necessary for the comparative study of literature. In developing diaspora literacy andmarasaconsciousness, i attempted to chart an innovative theoretical approach to texts beyond the typical dyadic relationships so commonly reproduced in comparative literature studies. Current approaches, edited by professor chandra mohan, was published in 1989, almost thirty years after the first department of comparative literature in india had come into existence at jadavpur university in kolkata, india, in 1956. Rhetorical skills demonstrate, through oral discussion, the ability to analyze literary texts in a. Research institute for comparative literature and crosscultural studies. Approaches to comparative literature comparative literature. Lisa zunshine is a scholar of 18thcentury british literature, whose interests include cultural historicism, narrativ. Falls, ends and prophecies between poetics and politics 5. Three units must be selected from comparative literature 270a or 270b. Thus, comparative approaches, interactions and interests to the texts behind the boundaries across national literatures led to the source of the birth of comparative literature to be discussed. It also examines global media print, visual, electronic, and engages with questions of ethics, human rights, and the real world contexts of literary. This volume is not intended to contribute to this discussion.
Comparative literature is a discipline of literary studies that explores exciting approaches to literature and culture in a global context. Comparative literature university of california, berkeley. A methodological question, deals with looking at a single modern indian literature from a comparative point of view. Comparative literature performs a role similar to that of the study of international relations, but works with languages and artistic traditions, so as to understand cultures from the inside. The phrase comparative literature would be reserved to describe. Collaborative approaches to translation in social change movements, jocelyn d.
More than comparative literature, comparative reading 7. Rhetorical skills demonstrate, through oral discussion, the ability to analyze literary texts in a manner that. Described below are nine common critical approaches to the literature. Cwl 400gw approaches to comparative and world literature gwar units. Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. The first section, literary history and comparative literature. Comparative literature 1 comparative literature bachelor of arts ba literature is a cultural site where the present is negotiated, the past excavated, and the future envisioned. Thus, he pioneered the comparative criticism in england and gave inspiration to other critics.
A comparative approach descriptions of battles are usually seen as the raw material of a military historian who uses them to explain why generals have won or lost a battle. The discipline of comparative literature was by that time no longer new, and several theories had already been propounded as to how to approach the subject. However, the approach should remain unprejudiced in order to figure out the truth. The comparative perspective on literature shows by means of twentytwo exemplary essays by many of the most distinguished scholars in the field how comparative literature as a discipline is conceived of and practiced in the 1980s. In the department of comparative literature, graduate and undergraduate students. Publications in the library series are 1 articles, 2 books, 3 bibliographies, 4 resources, and 5 documents. The systemic and empirical approach to literature and. Comparative literature senior independent study theses. The minor in comparative literature consists of a minimum of 15 units. In the last few years comparative literature has taken on new perspectives, engaging with different ar. Comparative literature and culture publishes scholarship in the humanities and social sciences following tenets of the discipline of comparative literature and the field of cultural studies designated as comparative cultural studies. Perspectives on comparative literature lsu digital commons.
This course will introduce students to central methods and issues in the comparative study of literature. Like all other concentrations in comparative studies, this concentration allows students, with the help of their advisers, to design a course of study that suits their particular interests. Critical approaches to literature plain text version of this document. Measuring the stomach of a gentleman with the heartmind of a pipsqueak. The definition of comparative literature given by bijay kumar dass is very simple vivid and understandable. Comparative literature department of comparative studies. Jun 01, 2020 read volume 41 issue 2 of poetics today. Current approaches, edited by professor chandra mohan, was published in 1989, almost thirty years after the first department of comparative literature. Jadavpur journal of comparative literature, which went on to become an important journal in literary studies in the country, came out in 1961.
Faculty in the department teach a wealth of courses in african literatures, literary theory and cultures. Is comparative literature able to generate approaches that differ from literary criticism, the history of literature and literary study. Comparative literature and the systemic and empincal approach to various areas, texts, and. In addition to a significant expertise in postcolonial theory, faculty at penn state conduct research on arabophone, francophone, italophone, anglophone and indian ocean traditions in african literature and criticism. Comparative approaches to cohesive units within literary history, e. On the ubiquity and utility of theory of mind in literature, mostly. Can we define the measures and principles that comparative literature deploys in juxtaposing between.
Critical theory and translation provide frameworks for making moves. Taking examples from bengali literature, it tries to validate whether that is a suitable method. The terrorist and literatuer boris savinkov, 18791925, irina vasilyeva meier. In one broad consideration, comparative literature is a branch of literary criticism that moves beyond general literature and studies different nations literature in terms of their points of convergence or divergence and the possible influence. In their crosscultural, interdisciplinary approaches, the essays in these works show that branching out into cultural studies does offer relevant points of departure. Few would deny that comparative literature is rapidly moving from the periphery toward the center of literary studies in north. Phenomenology and aesthetics approaches to comparative literature and the other arts. Cognitive approaches to comparative literature, special issue of poetics today 41. The theory of literary comparison would be taught in the literature faculty. We begin with questions of mimesis and early definitions of world literature, and move on to consider criticalpolitical thought in times of crisis, technology and virtuality, approaches to temporality, high theory and new criticism, the interventions of psychoanalysis, queer. Some comparative literature courses may require reading knowledge in the language as a prerequisite for admission. Transacting with comparative englishpersian literature in. Approaches to comparative literature department of.
Reimagining and rewriting the guantanamo bay detainee library. Awolola 1986 identified eight approaches to the study of comparative education. Introduction to literary criticism and theory with an emphasis on comparative, translingual approaches. A comparative critical study, mahmoud mohamed ali ahmad elkordy. Pdf comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or. Introducing comparative literature is a comprehensive guide to the field offering clear, concise information alongside useful analysis and examples. Paradigms of approaches in comparative literary studies also shifted from influence and analogy studies to crosscultural literary relations, to the focus on reception and transformation. Volume 41 issue 2 poetics today duke university press. A comparative study of methodological approaches to. A comparative study into the literature curricula in secondary education in six european countries find, read and cite all the research you need. On the one hand, comparative literature has always beenhospitable,inhaunsaussys2006b.
Familial betrayal and trauma in select plays of shakespeare, racine, and the corneilles, lynn kramer. The seminar is designed to be a space of exploration for finding your own critical centers of gravity in robust dialogue with your peers, forming graduate community, and to be helpful in the long term for graduate students in literary disciplines with comparative interests. Phenomenology and aesthetics approaches to comparative. The reason for this can be found in the fact that university administrators have been unreceptive to the arguments made in support of comparative literature. Comparative literature in relevant times acknowledgements. New delhi, 1989 swagata bhattacharya 1 aspects of comparative literature. On comparative literature science publishing group. Mar 30, 2021 free pdf download battle descriptions as literary texts. These days, you can find out a society where different languages, cultures, and literature meet, which helps in broadening the scope of thought and understand the ways in which humans.
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