MODERN APPROACHES TO TEACHING LITERARY TERMS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Abstract

Thе аrtiсlе dеаls with contemporary pedagogical approaches to teaching literary terms within comparative literature, focusing on how conceptual understanding, cross-cultural interpretation, and transferable analytical skills can be strengthened through evidence-based instructional design. The research conceptualizes literary terms (e.g., genre, motif, intertextuality, focalization, symbolism) as disciplinary concepts that require both definitional clarity and contextual flexibility across languages, traditions, and media. Methodologically, the project integrates concept-based instruction, inquiry-driven learning, and contrastive textual analysis with digital humanities practices to support term acquisition as a process of modeling, application, and interpretive justification. A technology-enhanced framework is proposed that combines corpus-informed examples, annotation platforms to develop students’ metalinguistic awareness and comparative reading strategies while maintaining academic integrity and transparency in tool use.