Rebuilding the Profession

Comparative Literature, Intercultural Studies and the Humanities in the Age of Globalization. Essays in Honor of Mihai I. Spariosu
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-8471-1093-4
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 010, Part, 239 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Reflections on (In)Humanity

This volume is meant to be a retrospective look at the field of Comparative Literature as it has developed in the past two decades, as well as a reflection on its future direction if it is to remain relevant (and innovative) as a field of study. From its inception in the second half of the twentieth century, Comparative Literature in the US has been conceived as a cross-disciplinary, cross-national, and crosscultural enterprise that brings together theoretical developments in the Humanities and Social Sciences to reflect on the most important intellectual and cultural trends from a comparative perspective through the lens of literary studies. Most of the founders of Comparative Literature were distinguished European scholars who sought a safe haven from the ravages of World War II and its aftermath and who, understandably focused on the Western literary, intellectual and cultural tradition, which at the time was in danger of being annihilated by the onslaught of Fascism and Communism. With the advent of the age of globalization the field of Comparative Literature has become increasingly diverse and must, therefore, be reoriented and recognized accordingly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neumann, Victor

Gafrik, Robert

Schwab, Gabriele

Epstein, Mikhail

Kujundzic, Dragan

Berindeanu, Florin

Turner, Frederick

Spiridon, Monica

Fofiu, Adela

Gillespie, Gerald E.P.

Corngold, Stanley

Jecan, Vlad

Yang, Dong

Belleaua, Corinna

Verdes, Ovidiu

Figueira, Dorothy

Figueira, Dorothy Matilda

Weitere Mitwirkende

Neumann, Victor

Gafrik, Robert

Schwab, Gabriele

Epstein, Mikhail

Kujundzic, Dragan

Berindeanu, Florin

Turner, Frederick

Spiridon, Monica

Fofiu, Adela

Gillespie, Gerald E.P.

Corngold, Stanley

Jecan, Vlad

Yang, Dong

Belleaua, Corinna

Verdes, Ovidiu

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Figueira, Dorothy
Prof Dr Dorothy Figueira is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, USA. Furthermore she is an Honorary President of the International Comparative Literature Association. She also has been a Visiting Professor at numerous universities, i.a. the University Lille, France, Jadavpur University, India, Tartu University, Estonia and the Jagellonian University, Poland.