Mme de staël: Literature and translation

Abstract

This paper presents, at first, a theoretical reflection on the concept of Comparative Literature, mainly connected to the otherness and foreign dimension. We then show how and why the book De la littérature considérée dans ses rapports avec les Institutions sociales [On Literature Considered in its Relations with Social Institutions] from Madame de Staël is considered a real "comparative" work. Finally, we will examine how interculturalism and perfectibility according to the writer point of view involve translation in order to contribute to the development of Letters by the knowledge of other liteculturas.