Longxi Zhang - World Literature As Discovery Expanding The World Literary Canon - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The rise of world literature is the most noticeable phenomenon in literary studies in the twenty - first century. However truly well - known and globally circulating works are all canonical works of European or Western literature while non - European and even "minor" European literatures remain largely unknown beyond their culture of origin. World Literature as Discovery: Expanding the World Literary Canon argues that world literature for our time must go beyond Eurocentrism and expand the canon to include great works from non - European and "minor" European literatures. As much of the world's literature remains untranslated and unknown the expansion will be an exciting process of discovery. By discussing fundamental questions around canon circulation aesthetic values translation cosmopolitanism and the literary universal Zhang Longxi proposes a new and liberating concept of world literature that will shape world literature worthy of its name. This book speaks for a more inclusive idea of world literature and shows students and scholars alike that all the literary traditions particularly non - European traditions will be able to make important contributions and expand the canon of world literature.
Title: World Literature As Discovery Expanding The World Literary Canon
Author(s): Longxi Zhang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032504759
Pages: 172 Pages
Publication Date: 9/15/2023
Category: Literary Studies: Post-Colonial Literature