Comparative Literature: History, Scope, and Significance
Discover the evolution of Comparative Literature as an academic discipline, from its inception by Matthew Arnold to its interdisciplinary nature today. Explore its connections with history, philosophy, and cultural studies, emphasizing the importance of translation studies in a global context. Vijay Kumar Das's definition sheds light on the analysis of literary similarities and differences across various cultures. Delve into the transformative nature of Comparative Literature in traversing literary boundaries and cultural landscapes.
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Comparative Literature Dr. S. Jerald Sagaya Nathan, M.A., M.Phil., with SET., NET., M.J.M.C., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Research Department of English, St. Joseph s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli- 620002 Tamil Nadu, India. Institutional E-Mail: jeraldsagayanathan_en1@mail.sjctni.edu Personal E-Mail: jsnathan1981@gmail.com Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sjeraldsagayanathan/home Mobile Nos.: 9843287913/ 962928791
Coinage of the term Comparative Literature The term comparative literature has been first used by Matthew Arnold, an English poet and critic in 1848. However, he had used the term in a private letter. It is also said that Matthew Arnold for the first time coined the phrase comparative literature while translating Ampere s use of histoire comparative .
Development of Comparative Literature as an Academic Discipline In 1886, Hutcheson Macaulay Posnett, a barrister of Ireland for the first time, wrote a book named Comparative Literature and thus he paved the way in course of the study of comparative literature. In 1901, H. M. Posnett wrote an essay named The Science of Comparative Literature , in which various analyses had been offered regarding comparative literature.
Comparative Literature: Its Nature and Scope Comparative Literature trace the transformations and travels of literary genres and texts across time and space. It explores the connections of literature with history, philosophy, politics, and literary theory. It studies the intersections of literature with other cultural forms such as film, drama, the visual arts, music, and new media. In this globalized age, translation studies is also an important part of the comparative approach to literature.
Comparative Literature: Its Nature and Scope Comparative literature is full of translation studies, sociology, critical theory, cultural studies, religious studies and history. Thus it is interdisciplinary. Comparative literature goes across national borders, across time periods, across languages, across genres, across boundaries between literatures and other arts. The purpose of comparative literature is to cross the border and boundaries of nation, people, customs, behaviours, myths, history, philosophy and social movements.
Vijay Kumar Das's Definition of Comparative Literature Comparative Literature analyses the similarities and dissimilarities and parallels between two literatures. It further studies themes, modes, conventions and the use of folk tales, myths in two different literatures or even more. Das, Vijay Kumar. Comparative Literature, New Delhi, Atlantic, P.32.
Henry Remaks Definition of Comparative Literature Comparative Literature is the study of literature beyond the confines of one particular country, and the study of the relationships between literature on the one hand, and other areas of knowledge and belief, such as the arts (e.g. painting, sculpture, architecture, music), philosophy, history, the social science (e.g. politics, economics, sociology), the sciences, religions etc. on the other. In brief, it is the comparison of one literature with another or others, and the comparison of literature with other spheres of human expression. Bassnett, Susan. Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993, P.31
Tools of Comparative Literature Comparison and contrast are the tools which help in forming the method of comparative criticism
