An Examination of Comparative Literature and Inter-disciplinary Studies

Comparative approach to humanities has a long history. The new concept of comparative literature in the modern sense of the word is, however, an achievement of modernism and a new attitude to literature. Since many obstacles diminish the efficiency of comparative studies in literature, the status quo of interdisciplinary studies in our society is far from the ideal. These obstacles include exclusivity, interpretive view of comparative literature, superficiality, sheer comparison and description…. This study aims at exposing these obstacles and proposing solutions such as appeal to phenomenology, pluralism….