This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of World Literature. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and situating it within a number of relevant contexts from postcolonialism to postmodernism, Theo D’haen examines:    the return of the term "world literature" and its changing meaning Goethe’s concept of Weltliteratur and how this relates to current debates theories and theorists who have had an impact on world literature non-canonical and less-known literatures from around the globe the possibility and implications of a definition of world literature.   This book is the ideal guide to an increasingly popular and important term in literary studies. It is accessible and engaging and will be invaluable to students of world literature, comparative literature, translation and postcolonial studies and anyone with an interest in these or related topics.

The Routledge Concise History of World Literature (Routledge Concise Histories of Literature)

Literature & Fiction

D’haen, Theo

History & Criticism

Routledge

This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of World Literature. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and situating it within a number of relevant contexts from postcolonialism to postmodernism, Theo D’haen examines: <ul>
<li>the return of the term "world literature" and its changing meaning</li> <li>Goethe’s concept of Weltliteratur and how this relates to current debates</li> <li>theories and theorists who have had an impact on world literature</li> <li>non-canonical and less-known literatures from around the globe</li> <li>the possibility and implications of a definition of world literature.</li> </ul> This book is the ideal guide to an increasingly popular and important term in literary studies. It is accessible and engaging and will be invaluable to students of world literature, comparative literature, translation and postcolonial studies and anyone with an interest in these or related topics.

American Literature: A History

This comprehensive history of American Literature traces its development from the earliest colonial writings of the late 1500s through to the present day. This lively, engaging and highly accessible guide:    offers lucid discussions of all major influences and movements such as Puritanism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and Postmodernism    draws on the historical, cultural, and political contexts of key literary texts and authors   covers the whole range of American literature: prose, poetry, theatre and experimental literature    includes substantial sections on native and ethnic American literatures    explains and contextualises major events, terms and figures in American history.   This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to situate their reading of American Literature in the appropriate religious, cultural, and political contexts.

Bertens, Hans

In the age of globalization, the category of "World Literature" is increasingly important to academic teaching and research. The Routledge Companion to World Literature offers a comprehensive pathway into this burgeoning and popular field. Separated into four key sections, the volume covers: <ul>
<li>the history of World Literature through significant writers and theorists from Goethe to Said, Casanova and Moretti</li> <li>the disciplinary relationship of World Literature to areas such as philology, translation, globalization and diaspora studies</li> <li>theoretical issues in World Literature including gender, politics and ethics</li> <li>a global perspective on the politics of World Literature.</li> </ul> The forty-eight outstanding contributors to this companion offer an ideal introduction to those approaching the field for the first time, or looking to further their knowledge of this extensive field.

The Routledge Companion to World Literature (Routledge Literature Companions)

Damrosch, David

Kadir, Djelal

Reference

A History of World Literature

If you want to know how globalisation affects literary studies today this is the book for you. Why has world literature become so hotly debated? How does it affect the study of national literatures? What does geopolitics have to do with literature? Does American academe still set an example for the rest of the world? Is China taking over? What about European literature? Europe's literatures? Do "minor" European literatures get lost in the shuffle? How can authors from such literatures get noticed? Who gains and who loses in an age of world literature? If those are questions that bewilder you look no further: this book provides answers and leaves you fully equipped to dig deeper into the fascinating world of world literature in an age of geopolitics.

World Literature in an Age of Geopolitics

BRILL

Text to Reader (Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Text to Reader seeks to find a critical approach that links a novel’s form to its socio-cultural context. Combining elements from Iser’s reception aesthetics, speech act theory, and Goffman’s frame analysis, this book starts from the assumption that a reader has certain conventional expectations with regard to a novel, and then goes on to examine how violations of these expectations rule the reader’s relationship to the novel. The theory sketched in the first chapter is then, in four subsequent chapters, applied to The French Lieutenant’s Woman by the English author John Fowles, Letters by the American John Barth, Libro de Manuel by the Argentinean Julio Cortázar, and De Kapellekensbaan by the Flemish novelist Louis-Paul Boon. The particular form each of these novels takes is analyzed as correlative to that novel’s communicative function. This book will be of interest to comparatists, students of English and American literature, and the literatures of Latin-America and the Low Countries.

Postmodern Fiction In Canada.(Postmodern Studies 6)

Hans Bertens

World Literature

Brill/Rodopi

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The Routledge Concise History of World Literature (Routledge Concise Histories of Literature)

The Routledge Concise History of World Literature (Routledge Concise Histories of Literature)

American Literature: A History

The Routledge Companion to World Literature (Routledge Literature Companions)

A History of World Literature

A History of World Literature

World Literature in an Age of Geopolitics

Text to Reader (Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature)

Text to Reader (Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature)

Postmodern Fiction In Canada.(Postmodern Studies 6)