Futures of comparative literature : ACLA state of the discipline report / edited by Ursula K. Heise, with Dudley Andrew, Alexander Beecroft, Jessica Berman, David Damrosch, Guillermina De Ferrari, César Domínguez, Barbara Harlow and Eric Hayot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heise, Ursula K., editor.

Andrew, Dudley, 1945- editor.

Beecroft, Alexander, 1973- editor.

Berman, Jessica Schiff, 1961- editor.

Damrosch, David, editor.

De Ferrari, Guillermina, 1966- editor.

Domínguez, César, editor.

Harlow, Barbara, 1948-2017, editor.

Hayot, Eric, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Futures of Comparative Literature is a cutting edge report on the state of the discipline in Comparative Literature. Offering a broad spectrum of viewpoints from all career stages, a variety of different institutions, and many language backgrounds, this collection is fully global and diverse. The book includes previously unpublished interviews with key figures in the discipline as well as a range of different essays - short pieces on key topics and longer, in-depth pieces. It is divided into seven sections: Futures of Comparative Literature; Theories, Histories, Methods; Worlds; Areas and Regions; Languages, Vernaculars; Translations; Media; Beyond the Human; and contains over 50 essays on topics such as: Queer Reading; Human Rights; Fundamentalism; Untranslatability; Big Data; Environmental Humanities. It also includes current facts and figures from the American Comparative Literature Association as well as a very useful general introduction, situating and introducing the material. Curated by an expert editorial team, this book captures what is at stake in the study of Comparative Literature today. Book jacket.

Contents:

Futures of comparative literature 9

Institutional inertia and the state of the discipline / Eric Hayot Hayot, Eric 11

Performative scholarship / Avram Alpert Alpert, Avram 17

The reign of the amoeba: further thoughts about the future of comparative literature / Gail Finney Finney, Gail 19

Comparative literature: the next ten years / Haun Saussy Saussy, Haun 24

Theories, histories, methods 31

Periodization / Adam Miyashiro Miyashiro, Adam 33

Comparative literary history: a conversation with Marcel Cornis-Pope and Margaret R. Higonnet / César Domínguez Domínguez, César 35

Petrocriticism / Michael Rubenstein Rubenstein, Michael 40

The politics of the archive in semi-peripheries / Adam F. Kola Kola, Adam F. 51

What the world thinks about literature / Thomas O. Beebee Beebee, Thomas O. 61

Minimal criticism / Jos Lavery Lavery, Jos 71

Philology / Timothy Brennan Brennan, Timothy 77

Comparative literature and affect theory: a conversation with R. A. Judy and Rei Terada / Jessica Berman Berman, Jessica 79

Comparatively lesbian: queer/feminist theory and the sexuality of history / Susan S. Lanser Lanser, Susan S. 92

Queer double cross: doing (it with) comp lit / Jarrod Hayes Hayes, Jarrod 98

Trans / Jessica Berman Berman, Jessica 106

Future reading / Rebecca L. Walkowitz Walkowitz, Rebecca L. 108

Close reading and the global university (notes on localism) / Rey Chow Chow, Rey 112

Worlds 117

World famous, locally: insights from the study of international canonization / Mads Rosendahl Thomsen Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl 119

"World," "Globe," "Planet": comparative literature, planetary studies, and cultural debt after the global turn / Christian Moraru Moraru, Christian 124

World literature as figure and as ground / David Damrosch Damrosch, David 134

Baku, literary common / Nergis Erturk Erturk, Nergis 141

Aesthetic humanity and the great world community: Kant and Kang Youwei / Ban Wang Wang, Ban 145

Comparative literature, world literature, and Asia / Karen Thornber Thornber, Karen 156

Neoliberalism / Snehal Shingavi Shingavi, Snehal 162

Counterinsurgency / Joseph R. Slaughter Slaughter, Joseph R. 165

Human rights / Sophia A. McClennen McClennen, Sophia A. 167

Areas and regions 169

Areas: bigger than the nation, smaller than the world / Christopher Bush Bush, Christopher 171

Comparative literature and Latin American literary studies: a conversation with José Quiroga, Wander Melo Miranda, Erin Graff Zivin, Francine Masiello, Sarah Ann Wells, Ivonne del Valle, and Mariano Siskind / Guillermina De Ferrari Ferrari, Guillermina De 174

Arabic and the paradigms of comparison / Waïl S. Hassan Hassan, Waïl S. 187

Postcolonial studies / Sangeeta Ray Ray, Sangeeta 195

Fundamentalism / Mohammad Salama Salama, Mohammad 197

Afropolitan / Aaron Bady Bady, Aaron 199

Why must African literature be defined? An interview with Aaron Bady / Barbara Harlow Harlow, Barbara, Neville Hoad Hoad, Neville 202

Hemispheric American literature / Antonio Barrenechea Barrenechea, Antonio 211

Languages, vernaculars, translations 213

Reading and speaking for translation: de-institutionalizing the institutions of literary study / Lucas Klein Klein, Lucas 215

The end of languages? / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty 220

The vernacular / S. Shankar Shankar, S. 222

African languages, writ small / Jeanne-Marie Jackson Jackson, Jeanne-Marie 224

The Sinophone / Yucong Hao Hao, Yucong 228

Pseudotranslation / Brigitte Rath Rath, Brigitte 230

Untranslatability / Shaden M. Tageldin Tageldin, Shaden M. 234

Media 237

Archive of the now / Jacob Edmond Edmond, Jacob 239

Electronic literature as comparative literature / Jessica Pressman Pressman, Jessica 248

Visual-quantitative approaches to the intellectual history of the field: a close reading / Dennis Tenen Tenen, Dennis 258

Big data / Jonathan E. Abel Abel, Jonathan E. 267

Next: the new orality / Charlotte Eubanks Eubanks, Charlotte 270

Comparative literature and computational criticism: a conversation with Franco Moretti / Ursula K. Heise Heise, Ursula K. 273

Platforms of the imagination: stages of electronic literature Mexico 2015 / Susana González Aktories Aktories, Susana González, María Andrea Giovine Yáñez Yáñez, María Andrea Giovine 285

Beyond the human 291

Comparative literature and the environmental humanities / Ursula K. Heise Heise, Ursula K. 293

Comparative literature and animal studies / Mario Ortiz Robles Robles, Mario Ortiz 302

Multispecies stories, subaltern futures / Mara De Gennaro Gennaro, Mara De 314

Climate change / Jennifer Wenzel Wenzel, Jennifer 324

Facts and figures 327

Comparative literature in the United States: facts and figures / Compiled, the Acla, Corinne Scheiner Scheiner, Corinne 329.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138293335

1138293334

9781138293342

1138293342

OCLC:

972309040

Publisher Number:

40027066699