Comparative Literature Studies Collection

Author: Professor Rao Pengzi, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This is a comparative literary studies thematic anthology edited by Professor Rao Pengzi, a doctoral supervisor in the Department of Literature at Jinan University. It selects representative papers from the university's doctoral program in literature over the recent years (1995-2001) in this field of study. The entire collection includes 29 articles, including an introduction, and is divided into five sections. The first section compares the thinking, expression, criticism, and textual theory of traditional Chinese and Western poetics; the second section focuses on thematic studies in comparative poetics, such as research on representative figures and works in the field; the third section examines certain literary (theoretical) phenomena and their influences from an intercultural perspective; the fourth section features interdisciplinary research, such as comparative studies of Chinese literary aesthetics and explorations in musical aesthetics; the fifth section covers cultural translation, interpretation, and translation theory. The editors believe that the publication of this anthology will have a positive impact on promoting the in-depth development of comparative literary studies.