The Variation Theory of Comparative Literature

• Main Author: Cao, Shunqing (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Comparative linguistics.; Communication.; Comparative Linguistics.; Communication Studies.

Professor Cao Shunqing’s book on The Variation Theory of Comparative Literature, now available in English, is a welcome attempt to break through the linguistic barrier that keeps most comparatists in China enclosed within their own cultural domain. Cao’s book aims to open a dialogue with scholars ar...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction The Variation Theory: An Important Breakthrough of Comparative Literature
• Chapter I Major Contributions of Influence Study and Its Weaknesses
• ChapterⅡ Major Contributions of Parallel Study and Its Weaknesses
• Chapter Ⅲ The Variation Theory on the Aspect of cross-state
• Chapter V Cross-cultural Variation Theory
• Chapter Ⅵ Cross-civilization Variation Theory.