“AND THEN I SMILED”: RECENT POSTCOLONIAL FICTION AND THE WAR ON TERROR by Silvia Albertazzi

“…The aim of this essay is to compare the reactions to the 2001 attack to the Twin Towers as they are related and reflected upon in Western and non- Western fiction. We start from the analysis of a novel by a Pakistani author, Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist. …”
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Islands Erased by Snow and Ice: Approaching the Spatial Philosophy of Cold Water Island Imaginaries by Johannes Riquet

“…Representations of islands in Western fiction typically revolve around tropical islands. …”
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The Fictions of Surrealism by Walter A. Strauss

“…This observation raises a number of questions about the impact of Surrealism on subsequent developments in French fiction (and the theatre), as well as upon its impact on Western fiction in general. The conclusion drawn is that Surrealist fiction has been a major contribution, a pioneering effort, in the shaking up of narrative concepts and techniques in the second half of the twentieth century.…”
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Constructing a National Identity through Translation in the First Turkish Popular Novels / İlk Türk Popüler Edebiyat Eserlerinde Çeviri Yoluyla Milli Kimlik İnşası by Özge Altıntaş

“…These first local examples of popular literature are also labelled adaptation or imitation because of their resemblance to popular Western fiction. Since the contemporary translation theories are based on the idea that every translation is a rewriting and represents a particular ideology, I analysed the aforementioned works as “translated texts” in relation to the social conditions of the period of publication. …”
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The novels of Ozaki Kōyō by Kornicki, P, Kornicki, Peter

“…He took these developments further in his last two novels, stimulated both by the western fiction he had read and by current literary fashions. …”