1. World literature and comparative literature, to put it bluntly, is to study foreign literature and the comparative differences between foreign literature and Chinese literature.
To give a simple example, such as studying Gorky, or the similarities and differences between Gorky and Lu Xun. The closest thing to it is the literature of a single language, such as British literature and French literature. However, the difference is that world literature and comparative literature are just fine in Chinese, while literature of a single language requires a foreign language.
2. Literature and art belongs to the category of theory, studying literary theory, literary criticism, Western literary theory, ancient Chinese literary theory and so on. For example, structuralist literary theory, New Criticism, Russian Formalism, and Western Marxist literary theory.
Literature is exposed to literary works, such as novels, poems, scripts, and essays, while literature and art is exposed to theoretical books on literature and art, and then applied to individual texts.
3. Generally speaking, literature and art are more boring, but literature and art are more promising, because it is outdated to rely solely on text and social culture for criticism.
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In addition to publishing excellent foreign literary works, "World Literature" also publishes cultural exchanges, foreign communications, reviews, abstracts, book reviews, translation circles, foreign Literary translation and publication of essays, writers talk about creation, compiler's preface and postscript, foreign literary materials, world literature and art knowledge, literary history, writers' anecdotes,
Chinese and foreign writers answer questions in this magazine, Chinese writers talk about foreign literature, Chinese poets talk It has various columns such as foreign poetry, world literary hot topics, Chinese literature abroad, and world literary and artistic trends. It also publishes selected illustrations of foreign literary masterpieces, art works, and portraits of writers.
In the past two decades, more and more domestic publishing houses have directly published translated works, and the publishing speed has become faster and faster. However, "World Literature" is limited by factors such as length and publication cycle, and can only Relying on the research level and literary judgment of the editorial staff, we strive to find some works that can stand the test of time, reflect the historical development direction of world literature, and are truly worthy of being introduced to Chinese readers.
Especially those works in the genres of shorter novels, poems, essays, dramas, documentary literature, etc.
Baidu Encyclopedia-World Literature (Publication)