Goals and objectives of the researchComparative literature or literary comparative studies is a branch of science based on the comparison of two or more literary phenomena. The future of comparative literature is one of the greatest directions of science of our time, when international social, cultural and literary relations are developing day by day. Any comparative study identifies common and specific aspects of literary phenomena, which serve as the basis for the emergence of general theoretical laws between literatures.The purpose of the research is to provide students, master's students and all researchers with theoretical information about the methodology of comparative studies, comparative literature, to explain the methods of comparative research of works of art, and to improve their knowledge in this area. In addition, "the purpose of comparative literature is to determine the typological and genetic nature of literary events (visual aids, works of art, literary heritage of writers, literary schools, genres, etc.), regardless of whether it is a historical phenomenon or a specific historical fact and to demonstrate the internal laws that apply to a literary event"1.The object of research is the comparative historical method and its founders, the basic concepts; macro and micro compatibility; it aims to provide as much theoretical knowledge as possible about East-West literary relations, translation criticism, criteria for comparative analysis of a literary text, and to develop in researchers the ability to compare and contrast literary events. During the study of this subject, students, master's students and researchers:- will be able to explain the methodology of comparative research and its basic concepts;- gain knowledge of the basic literature on comparative literature and their summary;- have a general idea of the translation, types of translation, translation criticism, a certain knowledge of the comparison of the original and the translation; - have t...