How to read world literature
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How to read world literature
（How to study literature）
Wiley Blackwell, 2018
2nd ed
- : hardback
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hardback ISBN 9781119009160
Description
A lively and engaging critical survey of more than four millennia of literary works, from Gilgamesh to the novels of Orhan Pamuk The new edition of this highly popular guide, How to Read World Literature, addresses the unique challenges and joys faced when approaching the literature of other cultures and eras. Fully revised to address important developments in World Literature, and generously expanded with new material, this second edition covers a wide variety of genres from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction and discusses how each form has been used in different eras and cultures. An ideal introduction for those new to the study of World Literature, as well as beginners to ancient and foreign literature, this book offers a variety of "modes of entry to reading these texts. Accessible and enlightening, offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Wole Soyinka, and Derek Walcott .
The author, a leading authority in the field, draws on years of teaching experience to provide readers with ways of thinking creatively and systematically about key issues, such as reading across time and cultures, reading works in translation, emerging global perspectives, post-colonialism, orality and literacy, and more. * Accessible and enlightening, offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Wole Soyinka, and Derek Walcott * Fully revised and expanded to reflect the changing face of the study of World Literature, especially in the English-speaking world * Now includes more major authors featured in the undergraduate World Literature syllabus covered within a fuller critical context * Features an entirely new chapter on the relationship between World Literature and postcolonial literature How to Read World Literature, Second Edition is an excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in World Literature. It is also a fascinating and informative read for all readers with an interest in foreign and ancient literature and the history of civilization.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition ix Introduction 1 1 What Is Literature ? 9 2 Reading across Time 31 3 Reading across Cultures 57 4 Reading in Translation 83 5 Brave New Worlds 107 6 Writing Empire 135 7 Global Writing 157 Epilogue: Going Farther 181 Bibliography 187 Index 197
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: pbk ISBN 9781119009252
Description
The new edition of this highly popular guide, How to Read World Literature, addresses the unique challenges and joys faced when approaching the literature of other cultures and eras. Fully revised to address important developments in World Literature, and generously expanded with new material, this second edition covers a wide variety of genres - from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction - and discusses how each form has been used in different eras and cultures. An ideal introduction for those new to the study of World Literature, as well as beginners to ancient and foreign literature, this book offers a variety of "modes of entry" to reading these texts. The author, a leading authority in the field, draws on years of teaching experience to provide readers with ways of thinking creatively and systematically about key issues, such as reading across time and cultures, reading works in translation, emerging global perspectives, postcolonialism, orality and literacy, and more.
Accessible and enlightening, offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Wole Soyinka, and Derek Walcott
Fully revised and expanded to reflect the changing face of the study of World Literature, especially in the English-speaking world
Now includes more major authors featured in the undergraduate World Literature syllabus covered within a fuller critical context
Features an entirely new chapter on the relationship between World Literature and postcolonial literature
How to Read World Literature, Second Edition is an excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in World Literature. It is also a fascinating and informative read for all readers with an interest in foreign and ancient literature and the history of civilization.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Introduction 1
1 What Is "Literature"? 9
2 Reading across Time 31
3 Reading across Cultures 57
4 Reading in Translation 83
5 Brave New Worlds 107
6 Writing Empire 135
7 Global Writing 157
Epilogue: Going Farther 181
Bibliography 187
Index 197
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