ABSTRACT

Literature and the World presents a broad and multifaceted introduction to world literature and globalization. The book provides a brief background and history of the field followed by a wide spectrum of exemplary readings and case studies from around the world. Amongst other aspects of World Literature, the authors look at:

  • New approaches to digital humanities and world literature
  • Ecologies of world literature
  • Rethinking geography in a globalized world
  • Translation
  • Race and political economy

Offering state of the art debates on world literature, this volume is a superb introduction to the field. Its critically thoughtful approach makes this the ideal guide for anyone approaching World Literature.

chapter |23 pages

Introduction

Why world literature?
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chapter 1|21 pages

Paradigms

World literature and its others
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chapter 2|17 pages

Ecologies of literature

The cosmopolitan-vernacular nexus
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chapter 3|19 pages

Genre

Strangeness and familiarity
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chapter 4|28 pages

Geographies

Reading the oceans
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chapter 5|22 pages

Media and method

The digitized library of Babel
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chapter 6|21 pages

Translation

Duration and cosmopolitan reading
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chapter 7|16 pages

Unfinished business

A dialogue
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