COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comparative literature mean? 

• COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (noun)
  The noun COMPARATIVE LITERATURE has 1 sense:

1. study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)

  Familiarity information: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE used as a noun is very rare.

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• COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (noun)

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Meaning:

Study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("comparative literature" is a kind of...):

literary study (the humanistic study of literature)