دراسة مقارنة في أسطورة بجماليون بين برنارد شو و صادق هدايت

Abstract EN

In our time, not too long ago, the universities of the world have been fast to take care of the study of an innovative type of technical and human studies, called the science of "comparative literature".

Comparative research studies have grown and flourished rapidly in response to the demands of both mental and artistic life.

This shows the increasing awareness at both the modern national and the international levels in order to develop through connecting with the international intellectual, nental and artistic currents to nurture ethics and originality.

Comparative studies show that the beginning of the comparative literature goes back to the time when the Latin literature was connected to the Greek literature and the comparative literature was shaped in the era of European Renaissance.

Today, it is one of the most authentic sciences in universities, with complex branches, due to its being an inevitable result of increasing human awareness and the result of the great demand by the conscious public to benefit from the many human and cognitive aspects provided by the comparative literature through its connection with the heritage of the world literature and unity of the human spirit in its past and present.

One of the most important factors of the prosperity of any civilization is the degree of contact with and benefit from other civilizations.

Long time ago, different cultures were used to enrich each other, and the relationship between cultures took many forms such as imitation, translation, influencing others, as well as the exchange of information between cultures, in addition to intellectual and cultural invasion and domination.

It is impossible to imagine that a particular culture evolved without any contact with other cultures.

Instead, any isolated culture certainly suffered from deterioration.

If intercultural relations existed for a long time, the rapid development of communication and the modern revolution in information technology undoubtedly and greatly facilitated intercultural exchange and thus increased the new horizons of each culture.

Due to the high level of intercultural relations at present, it became extremely difficult to study any literature without comparisons.

Besides, the comparison has become widespread in most important studies.

The cultural exchange involving literary exchange between Iraq and Iran has been going on for a long time in one way or another as a result of the geographical convergence between the two countries, the unity of belonging to Islam, trade and cultural exchange, and linguistic metaphor and translation.

So, it is necessary to study the comparative literature in a broader and deeper way because knowing our cultural identity partly helps us to be aware of the other cultural identities that exist within us, and of the knowledge factors that contribute to the formation of our culture.

Consequently, any study in the field of comparative literature is a study of true and noble identity that is opened to other human beings, without distorting the individual’s identity or revoking the indivdidual’s social, environment or national affiliationl.