Comparative Literature is the study of literature in its totality regardless of language or national tradition. It includes all work done on literature by literature departments. Because of the word comparative, it is often confused as comparing different literature or literature from different nations, but comparative is used in a sense meaning critical.

There are many different areas of study in Comparative literature such as genre studies, typology, literary history, etc.

Comparative Literature involves the study of two or more literatures written in different languages, e.g., French, English and Russian.

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