Coexistence in Diversity and Cross-Cultural Dialogues: An Interview with Yue Daiyun

Abstract

In this interview with our featured scholar, Yue Daiyun, conducted by Ji Jin , Yue articulates her vision of a “third stage” of comparative literature studies, one marked by a new globalized multiculturalism centered on the ideas of mutual recognition, affirmation, and complementarity free of imperial cultural hegemonies. Yue vigorously and compellingly points to a new type of intercultural training for Chinese intellectuals: Those who are trained in Western literary theory and methods yet remain grounded in uniquely Chinese cultural discourses will be best equipped to “resurrect comparative literature” within a radically polycentric world.