2. which phrase best defines comparative literature?
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the field of study that in which people analyze how the literature of various cultures is similar and different
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a tool for evaluating literature, in which a student rates literature compared to the value of other art forms
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literature that focuses on the similarities and differences among cultures or societies
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a way of reading literature that involves comparing one form or genre of writing to another

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination