Overview
Examines the rise of the concept of World Literature and the tensions between local and universal
Considers the complex relationship between Chinese literature and world literature
Reflects on key issues pertaining to Chinese literature in a global context such as race, class and culture
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Defining World Literature
- National Literature in China
- Comparative Literature
- Cosmopolitanism and World Literature
- Literature and Race, Class and Culture
- National Culture and Global Ethics in Literature
- the Universal and the Local in Literature
- Relationship between Chinese Literature and World Literature
- Introspection and Re-location of Chinese Literature
About this book
This collection gives a diversified account of world literature, examining not only the rise of the concept, but also problems such as the relation between the local and the universal, and the tensions between national culture and global ethics. In this context, it focuses on the complex relationship between Chinese literature and world literature, not only in the sense of providing an exemplary case study, but also as an introspection and re-location of Chinese literature itself. The book activates the concept of world literature at a time when it is facing the rising modern day challenges of race, class and culture.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tensions in World Literature
Book Subtitle: Between the Local and the Universal
Editors: Weigui Fang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0635-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0634-1Published: 12 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4467-1Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0635-8Published: 28 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 398
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Literature, Asian Literature, North American Literature