The Work of Zhang Longxi and the Fallacy of Cultural Incommensurability
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https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v30i67.68323.enKeywords:
Zhang Longxi, Cross-cultural reading, Literary Hermeneutics, East and West, Comparative poeticsAbstract
In this paper, I propose that Zhang Longxi’s contributions to literary studies, in general, and to comparative literature, in particular, offer a much-needed starting point to conceive of a new theoretical framework, which allows us to overcome the predicaments implied in an all-Western theorization.
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