Author: CUI Zipeng, PhD student, Renmin University of China.
Abstract:
The “Comparative Literature and Religious Studies” Roundtable of the 13th Triennial Congress of the Chinese Comparative Literature Association (CCLA) was held at Guangxi University, Nanning, China, from July 24-26 2021, under the theme “Ultimate Concern in Literature.” 22 scholars from various universities and institutions in China, the UK and the US were invited to present papers. During the three-day meeting, a range of issues were discussed by participants, from the significance and extension of the Ultimate to how literature expresses “Ultimate Concern”; “Ultimate Concern” in classical civilization; the modernity and “Ultimate Concern”, and the religious dimension of “Ultimate Concern”. This review outlines the papers presented at the Roundtable and their major findings.
Keywords:
Ultimate Concern, Literature, Religious Studies, inter-disciplinary studies
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