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A HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL SURVEY OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE IN TURKEY
This study presents a historical and critical evaluation of the studies of comparative literature in the Turkish, focusing on literary studies in the field of comparative literature and comparative (cultural) studies from the past to day. It is also discussed here what theoretical and practical approaches and perceptions of the Turkish academics related to comparative literature in a new comparative (cultural) literary light are. On the other hand, comparative studies are being observed comparing the situation of comparative literature in Turkey to the other countries’ ones with minuses and pluses. Whereas, establishment of departments of Comparative literature in Turkey have been possible after the 1990s, comparative studies dating back a thousand years before the past are also brought to the light.
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Comparative literature, theory, perception, classic Turkish literature, modern Turkish literature.