From comparison to world literature / Zhang Longxi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Longxi, author.

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature--Oriental and Western.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Western and Oriental.

Physical Description:

195 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]

Contents:

1 Crossroads, Distant Killing, and Translation: On the Ethics and Politics of Comparison 11

2 The Complexity of Difference: Individual, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural 31

3 Difference or Affinity? A Methodological Issue in Comparative Studies 47

4 Heaven and Man: From a Cross-Cultural Perspective 57

5 The True Face of Mount Lu: On the Significance of Perspectives and Paradigms 71

6 History and Fictionality: Insights and Limitations of a Literary Perspective 87

7 In Search of a Land of Happiness: Utopia and Its Discontents 103

8 Qian Zhongshu and World Literature 123

9 The Poetics of World Literature 155

10 The Changing Concept of World Literature 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438454719

1438454716

OCLC:

880418806