Zhang From Comparison to World Literature

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5472-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Reintroduces the concept of “world literature” in a truly global context, transcending past Eurocentrism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Longxi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Crossroads, Distant Killing, and Translation: On the Ethics and Politics of Comparison

2. The Complexity of Difference: Individual, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural

3. Difference or Affinity? A Methodological Issue in Comparative Studies

4. Heaven and Man: From a Cross-Cultural Perspective

5. The True Face of Mount Lu: On the Significance of Perspectives and Paradigms

6. History and Fictionality: Insights and Limitations of a Literary Perspective

7. In Search of a Land of Happiness: Utopia and Its Discontents

8. Qian Zhongshu and World Literature

9. The Poetics of World Literature

10. The Changing Concept of World Literature

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zhang Longxi is Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation at the City University of Hong Kong. He is the author of several books, including Unexpected Affinities: Reading across Cultures and Allegoresis: Reading Canonical Literature East and West.