Abstract
The paper discusses the historical significance of the academic discipline Comparative Literature, focusing on key theorists and their arguments on the methodological nuances of the discipline. The paper distinctly presents the disciplinary associations of Comparative Literature and tries to frame it from a reader’s perspective. The status of Comparative Literature in academia highlighting the historical timeline is discussed along with presenting the crisis the discipline has faced/faces in its methodological approach.
Highlights
Comparative Literature revolts against the Arnoldian concept of ‘the best that is known and thought in the world’
Comparative Literature arises from an urge or instinct to move out of a subject or from a quest done within the similarities in cultural contexts between texts or authors
The term ‘Comparative Literature’ appeared when independence movements were organized in European nations and new nation-states emerged
Summary
Comparative Literature revolts against the Arnoldian concept of ‘the best that is known and thought in the world’. These universal movements which uphold the colonial canons are subverted in Comparative Literature, which crosses boundaries to the regional languages. The discipline of Comparative Literature slowly emerged, breaking all its barriers evolving with two mainstream ideologies, namely the French perspective and the German perspective.
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