“比较文学”一词,最早出现于1816年法国诺埃尔和拉普拉斯编的《比较文学教程》中。法国学者阿?福?维尔曼1829年在巴黎大学讲学时对“比较文学”有明确的阐释,并使这一术语逐渐得到承认。另一比较文学家安贝尔(也译为安培,即物理学家安培的儿子)在马赛公学授课时强调,各国人民的文学艺术比较史将产生出文学艺术的哲学,并干脆把他的讲座定名为“各国文学 The term ”comparative literature“ first appeared in the Comparative Literature Course compiled by French Noel and Laplace in 1816. French scholar 阿福福维尔曼 1829 lectures at the University of Paris on the ”comparative literature“ have a clear explanation, and make the term gradually recognized. Another comparative writer Anabel (also translated as Ampere, son of physicist Ampere) stressed at the Marseillesian public school that the comparative history of the literature and art of peoples will produce a philosophy of literature and art, and simply put his lecture Named as ”all nationalities