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What is the objective of Comparative Literature?
What is the objective of Comparative Literature?
- To analyze literature in isolation from other arts and disciplines
- To study literature within national borders
- To study only one literature at a time
- To study diverse literatures in relation to each other (correct)
Who coined the term "Comparative Literature"?
Who coined the term "Comparative Literature"?
- None of the above
- Mathew Arnold (correct)
- Rene Wellek
- French scholars
What does Comparative Literature analyze?
What does Comparative Literature analyze?
- The relationship between literature and other arts and disciplines
- The similarities between two or more literatures
- The differences between two or more literatures
- All of the above (correct)
What did Rene Wellek attempt to do?
What did Rene Wellek attempt to do?
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What has Comparative Literature expanded its focus beyond?
What has Comparative Literature expanded its focus beyond?
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Study Notes
- Comparative Literature studies literature across national borders, languages, and genres.
- Scholars of Comparative Literature analyze the relationship between literature and other arts and disciplines.
- The term "Comparative Literature" has multiple definitions and meanings.
- It analyzes similarities, differences, and parallels between two or more literatures.
- The term was first used by Mathew Arnold, and French scholars prefer "Literature Comparee."
- Comparative Literature has expanded its focus beyond national literatures due to historical developments.
- The objective of Comparative Literature is to study diverse literatures in relation to each other.
- It juxtaposes literary texts from different languages and cultures.
- Rene Wellek attempted to define Comparative Literature by studying the word's root and historical context.
- Themes, modes, conventions, and the use of folktales and myths are studied in Comparative Literature.
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