The chllaenges of comparative literature in iran

Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch Comparative Literature is a kind of literary researches that born in france and grew up then expanded at the second half of the twentieth century in third world universities. Comparative literature in its simple and primary concept is very old.the aim that we consider in this research is comparative literature in its causative concept in Iranian universities. Comparative literative was established by the efforts of lady fatemeh sayyah in Iran and in researches of competent scholars like Dr Mohammad mohamadi and jawad Hadidi and Azartash Azarnoush culminated. But this academic unit has faced a huge number of challenges such as severe lack of know ledgeable teachers and inatten tion to theory of comparative literature. This study is an attempt to provide a picture of the history of comparative literature in Iran and its encountered challenges