1) What “Texts” means here (CUET lens)
In this syllabus bullet, “Texts” usually means:
- the kinds of texts that become objects of comparative study (epics, novels, plays, poems across languages),
- and texts that are central because of translation (works entering new canons via English or other major languages).
CUET tends to ask this as:
- genre/movement/text circulation through translation,
- author-text identification sometimes,
- and conceptual application: what translation does to a text’s meaning and reception.
Because your syllabus does not list specific titles, this module gives a structured way to handle “texts” in this unit.
2) High-yield categories of “texts” for comparatism
A) Classical and foundational narratives
- epics and mythic narratives (in translation),
- tragedy/comedy traditions.
Comparative questions often ask:
- how similar forms appear in different cultures,
- what changes when translated/adapted.
B) Colonial and postcolonial texts
Texts that move across languages through:
- colonial education and publishing,
- translation into English,
- global prize circuits.
Comparative study here includes:
- empire narratives vs counter-narratives,
- translation and representation.