Understanding Comparative Literature
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What does Comparative Literature involve?

  • Studying literature across national borders and time periods (correct)
  • Analyzing literature without considering historical context
  • Focusing solely on one genre of literature
  • Studying literature within a single national border
  • What is the ideology of inclusion in Comparative Literature?

  • Inclusion of only well-known literary works
  • Inclusion of marginal literature and the 'Other' (correct)
  • Inclusion of literature from a single national language
  • Exclusion of all literature except the mainstream
  • What do scholars in Comparative Literature share?

  • A desire to study literature across various boundaries (correct)
  • A focus solely on literary theory
  • An aversion to interdisciplinary approaches
  • A preference for studying literature from a single country
  • How is Comparative Literature defined most broadly?

    <p>As the study of 'literature without borders'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Comparative Literature mean by 'knowledge and application of other disciplines'?

    <p>Utilizing other disciplines in the study of literature</p> Signup and view all the answers

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