Mapping world literature : international canonization and transnational literatures / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl, 1972-

Series:

Continuum literary studies.

Continuum literary studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mapping World Literature explores the study of literature and literary history in light of global changes, looking at what defines world literature in the 21st century. Surveying ideas of literature from Goethe to the present, Thomsen devises a compelling concept of literary constellations. He discusses a wide-range of critical positions, identifies the limits of comparative and post-colonial approaches and examines two specific cases: literature written by migrant writers and the literature of genocide, war and disaster. Mapping World Literature captures new ways of understanding the patterns

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. World literature: history, concept, paradigm; 2. Shifting focal points in the international canons; 3. Migrant writers and cosmopolitan culture; 4. Ethics and aesthetics in traumatic literature; Conclusion: constellations as facts and experiments; Appendix: World Literature; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-163) and index.

ISBN:

9786612452529

OCLC:

608624764