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Strictly speaking, analogy study had started before the American school of Comparative Literature existed. Long before the influence study theory of the French school, the idea of divergence in north and south literature proposed by Madame de Stael who was the pioneer of world Comparative Literature could be called analogy study. So the analogy study had already existed before the American school sprang up. But generally speaking, its practices of that time were lacking theoretical awareness of Comparative Literature. The American school clearly advocated that the analogy study should be rooted in developing awareness of the discipline and especially be aimed against the influence study of the French school which has dominated the studies of Comparative Literature for a long time.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34277-6_2

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