Theoretical Explanation of General and Comparative Literature (Komparatistik) in the Context of National and World Literature

Thus, Komparatistik has significant contributions to national philology as an independent discipline of literature. In this study, four concepts have been investigated to explain Komparatistik's power of influence; literature, comparative literature, national literatures, and world literatures. To this end, another issue that causes frequent misperceptions has been investigated; the act of comparison constituting one of the basic elements of OOKomparatistik is not the main objective but a starting point for reaching knowledge and supporting analytical thinking. With the help of other disciplines, genetic and typological comparisons make the text-based studies more suitable for human perception. The ignorance of these opportunities provided by Komparatistik may have a negative impact on National Literatures and cultural developments.