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    CROSS-CULTURE: A NEW

    CHANGE AND
    BREAKTHROUGH OF
    COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
    ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY CAO SHUNQING
    PRESENTED BY FRANSISCA MARTA (20150600011)
    THE CRISIS OF
    COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
     In 1958, Rene Wellek pointed out that Comparative Literature
    had almost become dead in terms of methodology.

     Right now, this field in China is in a similar situation.


    Meanwhile, the discipline theory of the field outside China
    seems more and more indefinite because of the outgrowth of
    the field.

     If we say the crisis as Wellek pointed out in 1958 was “a dead


    water”, the crisis today could be “a fog ”.

     Despite this crisis, the conference of the association held in


    every other four years is still flourishing. Comparative
    Literature has been far away from being dead.
    SO WHY IS IT,
    THEORITICALLY, FACING A
    CRISIS SINCE IT IS
    GROWING WITH VITALITY?
    PAN-CULTURE: THE WRONG TRACK FOR
    COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

    Cer tain scholars hold an identical view that comparative


    literature should go toward comparative culture.

    Prof. Charles Bernheimer’s Cao Shunqing’s


    Proposals for Comparative Disagreement and Opinion
    Literature towards the Proposals
     Giving up Euro-  The way to deepen the
    centralism. study could be the cross-
    culture study, particularly
     The study should be East-West intercultural
    turned from literature study, which would serve
    into culture. as a breakthrough turning
    the crisis into a new
    phase.
    CROSS-CULTURE: THE STRATEGICAL
    TURNING FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
    Jonathan Culler’s Response
    Cao Shunqing’s
    to Prof. Charles
    Bernheimer’s Proposals for Disagreement and Opinion
    Comparative Literature towards the Argument
     Jonathan Culler was  The suggestion was
    against the expansion somewhat rational, but
    as to change the attitude is not
    comparative literature appropriate enough
    into cultural study but because the great trend
    he suggested to make of cultural studying is
    the field retreat to approaching.
    literature itself.
    SO, SHOULD COMPARATIVE
    LITERATURE EXPAND ITSELF
    INTO CULTURE STUDY OR
    SHOULD IT RETREAT TO
    LITERATURE ITSELF?
    CROSS-CULTURE: THE STRATEGICAL
    TURNING FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
     We should combine comparative literature and
    comparative culture studies. Such a combination be
    in harmony with the purpose for literature study
    while cultural study be taken as its important media.

     There are at least two advantages of this kind of


    cross-culture study:
    1. Comparative literature could be much more deep going
    2. Comparative literature would become much more
    characterized by internationalization.
    REASONS WHY CROSS -CULTURE APPROACH COULD
    DEEPEN THE STUDY OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

    Scholars at that time paid their attention only to the


    literature itself rather than the culture background
    behind the literature. Thus, there have been
    phenomenon of far-fetched comparison.

     By studying cross-culture:
    1. The comparison based on the culture roots could to a certain
    extent avoid such misunderstandings.
    2. Cross-culture approach could serve the scholars in this field
    to have a real international perspective and to follow the
    different cultures with great interests.
    The major difference of this method lies
    in the fact that cultural difference has
    been put on the forefront, which plays an
    important role in the field of
    comparative literature.

    The fundamental task right now for


    comparative literature is to cross or link
    up.
     If the first stage with French School advocating the influence
    study as the read has crossed the wall between countries,
    connecting the influenced relationships;

     The second stage with American school as the head


    advocating the parallel study has crossed the wall between
    West-East disciplines connecting the non -influenced
    relationships;

     The third stage with the forming Chinese school would cross
    the wall between dif ferent cultures and civilizations with its
    cross-cultural approach.
    THANK YOU!

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