Literature, language, and multiculturalism in Scandinavia and the Low Countries / edited by Wolfgang Behschnitt, Sarah De Mul, Liesbeth Minnaard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Behschnitt, Wolfgang, editor.

Mul, Sarah de, editor.

Minnaard, Liesbeth, editor.

Adam & Tracy Bernstein Collection Endowment Fund.

Series:

Text (Rodopi (Firm)) ; 71.

Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature ; 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scandinavian literature--History and criticism.

Scandinavian literature.

Multiculturalism in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 343 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi B.V., [2013]

Summary:

This book presents a comparative approach to the study of multicultural literature. Focusing on the development of migration literature in Sweden, Denmark, Flanders, and the Netherlands, it argues that the political and institutional preconditions for the development of 'multicultural' literatures are still given within the frame of the nation-state. As a consequence, both the field of 'migration literature' and the (multi- )lingual quality of literary texts are shaped differently in each state and in each language area. The volume delineates the development of multicultural literature in Scandinavia and the Low Countries as a function of the specific language situations in these countries and the various political, institutional, and discursive contexts. This book offers a comprehensive theoretical and methodological analysis of multilingualism and multicultural literature. It also provides overviews sketching the discourse on multiculturalism, language and the development of the literary field.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam & Tracy Bernstein Collection Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9042037334

9789042037335

OCLC:

863433020

Publisher Number:

99957298089