Abstract
In his article "Towards a Symbiotic Coexistence of Comparative Literature and World Literature" Jüri Talvet postulates that comparative literature has really never enjoyed a pivotal or central status in the broad field of literary studies, yet at the same time specialized studies of separate literary traditions have not been able to fill numerous gaps in the understanding of literary creation as a broader cultural phenomenon influencing (although often invisibly) the world-view and axiological attitudes of entire societies and vast communities of people. Developing some ideas presented in his book A Call for Cultural Symbiosis (2005) and in his article "Edaphos and Episteme of Comparative Literature," Interlitteraria (2005), as well as the ideas of Juri M. Lotman, Talvet proposes a symbiotic approach aimed at reconciling extreme oppositions and establishing a dialogue that would strengthen the position of the discipline of comparative literature, as well as the field of world literatures.
Recommended Citation
Talvet, Jüri.
"Towards a Symbiotic Coexistence of Comparative Literature and World Literature."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
15.5
(2013):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.2338>
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