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- Title
"Positive Uncertainty and the Ethos of Comparative Literature".
- Authors
LE JUEZ, Brigitte
- Abstract
In her article "Positive Uncertainty and the Ethos of Comparative Literature" Brigitte Le Juez examines the continuous difficulty comparatists have with the lack of definition of the discipline and explores possible new avenues for tackling the problem. Le Juez argues that "uncertainty" recognized as a tenet of comparative literature should not be unheeded, but embraced in order to shift the focus from the idea that comparative objects and methods are the defining elements of the discipline and envisage them as the aims and results of an ethos. Le Juez posits that when "indiscipline" and "serendipity" are added to the notion of uncertainty, creativity is revealed as the essential characteristic of comparative literature.
- Subjects
UNCERTAINTY; COMPARATIVE literature; SKEPTICISM; BIOGRAPHY (Literary form); CENSORSHIP
- Publication
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature & Culture: A Web Journal, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1481-4374
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7771/1481-4374.2376