On Research and Application of Variation Theory of Comparative Literature in China

Shunqing CAO, Peina ZHUANG

Abstract


Literary variation has long existed, ancient and modern, domestic and foreign, but it is the Variation Theory that first systemizes the study of variation and serves as guidance for research on the phenomena of literary variation in Comparative Literature. This thesis conducts a general overview on the domestic research on Variation Theory and also its application both from the synchronic and diachronic perspective with an aim to identifying the trend and the uncharted in the current research, thus enriching the frame and application of the Variation Theory. 

 


Keywords


Variation Theory; Inter-civilization; Heterogeneity

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