The Modern Language Review, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Modern Language Review, Vol. 1 The late M. Gaston Paris, in an address to the literary section of the Congres d´Histoire comparee, in July 1900, laid it down that there are two branches in the comparative study of literature, ´two kinds which have different aims, methods, and results.´ He distinguished the first as the comparison of subjects and forms in the literatures of different peoples, the seeking out of points of contact between these different orders of work, and the discovery beneath individual and national characteristics of certain common and international elements. The second he defined as a science associated with folklore, mythography, comparative mythology, which lies outside literature proper, and is interested in the problem of the parallelism of material in different nations, as we find it, for example, in the great corpus of the Fabliaux. Its function is not primarily to attempt to solve the difficult question whether such repetition is but the varied expression of the identité foncière of the human spirit or is to be traced by different channels to a single source, but to devote itself to the observation of these parallelisms, wherever they appear, and to note carefully their modifications. In this way, he added, the second branch links itself to the æsthetic comparison of literatures. This scheme appears to be - let it be said with all respect - inadequate. It deals with what may be called the ´historical´ aspect of the subject; and, though it is more philosophical than M. Brunetiere´s, it entirely neglects the critical matters with which the comparative method must concern itself, if it is to reach to its higher purpose. On what we may call, from want of a better name, the ´historical´ side of the subject we are asked to deal with (1) the antiquarian and genealogical facts of authorship, (2) the common elements in national literatures, and (3) the folklore bases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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