Which of these statements would work as a claim in a comparative literature essay? Select one:

a.
Ancient African literature is much more more interesting to read than the tribal literature of Australia and North America.

b.
The Old Man and the Sea addresses the same themes as many of Hemingway's other novels, but in a form that makes his shortest novel seem very different.

c.
Japanese folk tales are generally much shorter than the folk tales of European cultures, but they are similar in their treatment of themes related to aging.

d.
Many poems by the 20th century Irish poet William Butler Yeatts can be compared to ancient Irish poems that he would have read as a young man.