WHY WORLD LITERATURE NOW?

How is the spectacular re-emergence of “world literature” since the turn of the third millennium to be explained? I suggest that ever since the coining of the term in the early nineteenth century, but especially so since the year 2000, world literature has been defined and redefined to fit the need...

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Main Author: Theo D'haen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bucharest University Press 2022-02-01
Series:University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series
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Online Access:http://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/TheoD%E2%80%99haen.pdf