Possibilities and Limits of Comparative Literature Today

Abstract

In his article "Possibilities and Limits of Comparative Literature Today" Darío Villanueva discusses the itinerary of comparative literature and its problematics and queries the discipline's adherence to literary history and its identification with the theory of literature. Villanueva's discussion is with particular reference to Spanish-language works such as by Claudio Guillén's systemic view of literature and the study of literature, as well as similar approaches to the study of literature such as by Siegfried J. Schmidt, Itamar Even-Zohar, and Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek. Further, Villanueva discusses aspects of the field of cultural studies he sees relevant and useful for the study of literature comparatively.