"The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. In this book, Pascale Casanova shows us the state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements - a world of letters relatively independent from economic and political realms, and …
by Damrosch, David, Haen, Theo d', Kadir, Djelal
by Damrosch, David, Haen, Theo d', Kadir, Djelal
In four key sections, this text explores the history of world literature, the disciplinary relationship of world literature to areas such as philology, translation, globalization, & diaspora studies, theoretical issues, including gender, politics & ethics, & offers a global pers…
by Damrosch, David, Haen, Theo d', Kadir, Djelal
In four key sections, this text explores the history of world literature, the disciplinary relationship of world literature to areas such as philology, translation, globalization, & diaspora studies, theoretical issues, including gender, politics & ethics, & offers a global pers…
The 2007 manifesto in favour of a 'LitteÌ#x81;rature-monde en francÌʹais' has generated new debates in both 'francophone' and 'postcolonial' studies. Praised by some for breaking down the hierarchical division between 'French' and 'Francophone' literatures, the manifesto has bee…
In March 2007 France's Le Monde published a 'Manifesto for a World Literature in French, ' a proposal to recast Francophone literature as 'world literature written in French.' Signed by a multinational group of forty-four authors -- many from former French colonies -- the manife…
"David Foster Wallace is invariably seen as an emphatically American figure. Lucas Thompson challenges this consensus, arguing that Wallace's investments in various international literary traditions are central to both his artistic practice and his critique of US culture. Thomps…
A Two-World Author -- Across and Beyond Cultures -- Memory Can Be an Unreliable Thing -- Appearance and Pretense: Narrative Responsibility -- The Butler Did It: Diegetic Responsibility. "In this convincing and provocative study, Rebecca Suter aims to complicate our understandin…
Introduction: Slippery Words: Orhan Pamuk, Good, and World Literature -- What Good Can a Novel Do? A Novel Can Teach You About Other People -- A Novel Can Teach You About Other People's History -- What Good Can a Novelist Do? Orhan Pamuk as Political Gadfly: "The Armenian Issue"…
"This book aims to modify the focus of common center-periphery dynamics of research on World Literature: Using the example of Latin American literatures, this study provides innovative insights into the literary modeling of shared historical experiences, epistemological crosscur…
"This book aims to modify the focus of common center-periphery dynamics of research on World Literature: Using the example of Latin American literatures, this study provides innovative insights into the literary modeling of shared historical experiences, epistemological crosscur…
