Comparative Literature. Method and Perspective

Schwarz, Egon; Stallknecht, Newton P.; Frenz, Horst

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“…There are several concepts of comparative literature, but this study uses Remak's concept. According to Remak (as cited in Stallknecht & Frenz, 1961), there are three concepts of comparative literature: namely (1) comparative studies of literary works with other literary works outside the borders of one country, (2) comparative studies of literary works with other arts, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, and music, and (3) comparative studies of literary works with fields of science, such as philosophy, history, politics, economics, anthropology, and sociology. The French school follows the first concept of comparative literature, while the second and third concepts belong to the American school.…”

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“…political science, economics, sociology], natural sciences, religion, and so on, on the other. More specifically, comparative literature is the comparison of one literary work with another, or the comparison of a literary work with other forms of human expression (Remak, as cited in Stallknecht & Frenz, 1961). This definition is based on two schools of comparative literature, the French school and the American school.…”

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A New Direction in the Studies of Comparative Literature

Sumiyadi,

Sitaresmi,

Durachman

et al. 2024

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Comparative literature is the comparison of literary works with other literary works or the comparison of literary works with other forms of human expression. The definition comes from two schools of comparative literature, the French school and the American school. The French school is also called influence studies, while the American school is called parallel studies or comparative art studies. Many scholars of comparative literature consider the American school to be a development of the French school. Both schools aim to find homogeneity of the objects being compared. However, over time, a new school of thought emerged, named the Chinese school. This school focuses on the variation or heterogeneity contained in literary works and developed in Asia, including Indonesia. This paper aims to explore the existing theories of comparative literature in Indonesia. The results are expected to explain the Chinese school of thought, which is based on variation theory and cross-civilization studies. Furthermore, the paper gives an example of the application of the Chinese school of comparative studies to Indonesian literature.

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