The Challenge of Comparative Literature
In: History of European ideas, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 578
ISSN: 0191-6599
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In: History of European ideas, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 578
ISSN: 0191-6599
In: Safundi: the journal of South African and American Comparative Studies, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 37-43
ISSN: 1543-1304
In: New global studies, Band 4, Heft 1
ISSN: 1940-0004
In: Manusya: journal of humanities, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 88-108
ISSN: 2665-9077
Comparative literature is always a problematic discipline. Scholars from different countries and times such as René Wellek, Charles Bernheimer, Susan Bassnett, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Djelal Kadir, have attempted to delimit its scope. The variety of definitions have led to ensuing problems of shifting methodologies and frameworks. If, in the early twentieth century, a scholar tended to interrogate and theorise how one distinguished comparative literature, world literature, and general literature from one another, towards the end of that century and potentially continuing well into the new millennium, the parameters surrounding disciplinary formation have significantly changed, leading to a shift in the set of questions. Should comparative literature be differentiated from the relatively recent disciplines of postcolonial studies and cultural studies? If so, what are its scope and defining qualities? These puzzling parameters are what this essay aims to explore, as it is high time we looked inward, thinking of the discipline itself as an imagined community whose terrain is constantly shifting. Following this line of argument, the essay intends to probe into the construction of the discipline and gauge its historical development.
In: The international journal of sociology and social policy, Band 41, Heft 7/8, S. 805-825
ISSN: 1758-6720
PurposeInformal street vending is traditionally widespread and studied concerning developing countries. Nevertheless, recently, interest in the study of this practice has also increased regarding specific developed countries. The aim of the article is to contribute to overcoming the tendency to investigate this informal economy sector with different analytical lenses between the global South and global North and to highlight the usefulness of analyzing the phenomenon from a comparative perspective.Design/methodology/approachTherefore, the article represents a comparative review of the existing literature on informal street vending considering both the global South and global North.FindingsThe analysis revealed similarities and differences in the characteristics the phenomenon assumes in the two areas of the world while at the same time, showing how there are aspects mainly explored in the literature of southern countries and little explored in the literature of northern countries and vice-versa.Research limitations/implicationsThis analytical attempt allows us to highlight any gaps present in the literature, which may represent the basis for future comparative research on the topic. Comparative research will improve both theoretical and empirical knowledge of the phenomenon.Originality/valueOn the one hand, the article represents an innovative literature review attempt, as it explicitly compares the street vending between developing and developed countries. On the other hand, it represents the first academic contribution to review street vending in the global North.
Fomeshi, Behnam M. "Green Apples, Red Apples: Politics of Comparative Literature in Iran." Comparative Literature Around the World: Global Practice. Eds. Eugene Eoyang, Gang Zhou, and Jonathan Hart. Paris: Honoré Champion, 2021. 201-218.
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In: Filolog: časopis za jezik književnost i kulturu, S. 530-556
ISSN: 2233-1158
In: Journal of cultural interaction in East Asia, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 81-98
ISSN: 2747-7576
In: Human affairs: HA ; postdisciplinary humanities & social sciences quarterly, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 150-160
ISSN: 1337-401X
In: Systems research, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 43-57
In: The international journal of knowledge, culture & change management, Band 9, Heft 10, S. 15-28
ISSN: 1447-9575
In: GLQ: a journal of lesbian and gay studies, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 264-266
ISSN: 1527-9375
In: The global South, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 16-44
ISSN: 1932-8656