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What does comparative literature provide us with according to the passage?
What does comparative literature provide us with according to the passage?
- A reason to abandon oral traditions
- Tools to understand other cultures on their terms (correct)
- A means to assert cultural superiority
- A way to ignore other cultures
What did Pio Zirimuu coin?
What did Pio Zirimuu coin?
- The term 'Oral Literature'
- The term 'Multilingual'
- The term 'Orature' (correct)
- The term 'Comparative Literature'
What is 'orature' according to the passage?
What is 'orature' according to the passage?
- The use of utterance as an aesthetic means of expression (correct)
- The promotion of cultural superiority
- The rejection of oral traditions
- The study of written literature
What has a long history, as old as man, according to the passage?
What has a long history, as old as man, according to the passage?
Why did Pio Zirimuu reject the term 'Oral Literature'?
Why did Pio Zirimuu reject the term 'Oral Literature'?
What plays a vital and significant role in many cultures across the world?
What plays a vital and significant role in many cultures across the world?
What does Baldensperger claim is not achieved by comparisons that only glance at two different objects?
What does Baldensperger claim is not achieved by comparisons that only glance at two different objects?
According to Paul Van Tieghem, what is the goal of comparative literature?
According to Paul Van Tieghem, what is the goal of comparative literature?
What does Marius-Francois Guyard claim comparative literature is not?
What does Marius-Francois Guyard claim comparative literature is not?
What is a key aspect of Paul Van Tieghem's understanding of comparative literature?
What is a key aspect of Paul Van Tieghem's understanding of comparative literature?
What is Baldensperger's criticism of certain comparisons?
What is Baldensperger's criticism of certain comparisons?
What is the main medium through which folksingers, minstrels, and bards express their art?
What is the main medium through which folksingers, minstrels, and bards express their art?
What is a characteristic of folktales and songs?
What is a characteristic of folktales and songs?
What is true about written works?
What is true about written works?
What is an argument made about folk art?
What is an argument made about folk art?
What is said about the minds of folk artists?
What is said about the minds of folk artists?
What is reflective literature said to aim to do?
What is reflective literature said to aim to do?
What is the initial doubt about the term 'Oral Literature'?
What is the initial doubt about the term 'Oral Literature'?
What is the purpose of the activity suggested in the text?
What is the purpose of the activity suggested in the text?
What is the primary difference between oral and written literature?
What is the primary difference between oral and written literature?
Which of the following features is characteristic of both oral and written literature?
Which of the following features is characteristic of both oral and written literature?
What is the significance of sound in oral literature?
What is the significance of sound in oral literature?
What is the purpose of exploring the divergences and convergences between oral and written literature?
What is the purpose of exploring the divergences and convergences between oral and written literature?
What is Comparative Literature regarded as by Jean-Marie Carré?
What is Comparative Literature regarded as by Jean-Marie Carré?
According to René Étiemble, what kind of study should Comparative Literature be?
According to René Étiemble, what kind of study should Comparative Literature be?
What is the focus of Doxologie in the study of international literary relations?
What is the focus of Doxologie in the study of international literary relations?
What is the main approach of the French school in studying international literary relations?
What is the main approach of the French school in studying international literary relations?
What does Crenologie study in the context of international literary relations?
What does Crenologie study in the context of international literary relations?
What is the main focus of Mesologie in the study of international literary relations?
What is the main focus of Mesologie in the study of international literary relations?
