comparative literature

English

Noun

comparative literature (countable and uncountable, plural comparative literatures)

1. The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.

Synonyms

• comp. lit., comp lit
• global literature
• world literature

Translations

academic field dealing with the study of literature

• Afrikaans: vergelykende letterkunde
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比較文學／比较文学 (zh) (bǐjiào wénxué)

• Finnish: kirjallisuustiede (fi)
• French: littérature comparée f
• German: Komparatistik (de) f
• Russian: сравни́тельное литературове́дение n (sravnítelʹnoje literaturovédenije)
• Turkish: edebiyat bilimi (tr)