To effectively address the question, first investigate what Comparative Literature can accomplish. Then, look into what it cannot accomplish so that you can identify its limitations,

First, Comparative Literature involves the analysis of literature from different cultures. For example, one could conduct a comparative study of The House of the Spirits, a novel of magical realism that was written in Spanish by the Chilean author Isabel Allende, and Beloved, a work of magical realism that was written in English by the American author Toni Morrison. One could also conduct a comparative study of The House of the Spirits and One Hundred Years of Solitude, a story of magical realism that was written in Spanish by Gabriel García Márquez; though both works are written in the same language, they are quite different, since Allende is writing from a Chilean cultural perspective and Márquez is writing from a Colombian one.

Second, think carefully about what Comparative Literature cannot accomplish. Evidently, it can help readers examine the similarities and differences between works from different ethnic, racial, linguistic, or geographic cultures. But can it help them examine the similarities and differences of works from cultural lenses that are the same or similar?

For example, if one wanted to conduct a comparative study of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun, could he or she do so using the framework that Comparative Literature provides, considering that both Achebe and Adichie are of Igbo origin and use a mixture of English and Igbo in their writing? Take all this into consideration when assessing the limitations of Comparative Literature.