The Work of Zhang Longxi and the Fallacy of Cultural Incommensurability^*

A obra de Zhang Longxi e a falácia da incomensurabilidade cultural

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.

Keywords:
Zhang Longxi; Cross-cultural reading; Literary Hermeneutics; East and West; Comparative poetics