How Is World Literature Made? : the global circulations of Latin American literatures / Gesine Müller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Gesine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American literature--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Literature and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 174 pages)

Other Title:

How Is World Literature Made?

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2021.

Summary:

The debate over the concept of world literature, which has been taking place with renewed intensity over the last twenty years, is tightly bound up with the issues of global interconnectedness in a polycentric world. Most recently, critiques of globalization-related conceptualizations, in particular, have made themselves heard: to what extent is the concept of world literature too closely connected with the political and economic dynamics of globalization? Such questions cannot be answered simply through theoretical debate. The material side of the production of world literature must therefore be more strongly integrated into the conversation than it has been. Using the example of Latin American literatures, this volume demonstrates the concrete construction processes of world literature. To that purpose, archival materials have been analyzed here: notes, travel reports, and correspondence between publishers and authors. The Latin American examples provide particularly rich information about the processes of institutionalization in the Western world, as well as new perspectives for a contemporary mapping of world literature beyond the established dynamics of canonization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

I Introduction

II World Literature from the Spanish-Speaking Americas

III Concepts of World Literature within Publishing Practices

IV The Circulation Processes of Latin American Literatures

V Epilogue: (Not) a Summary. The Material and its Resistance

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-174).