Globalization and Literature

AvSuman Gupta

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Del 5 i serien Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature

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This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies, and the bearing that they have on each other. It engages with the manner in which globalization is thematized in literary works, examines the relationship between globalization theory and literary theory, and discusses the impact of globalization processes on the production and reception of literary texts. Suman Gupta argues that, while literature has registered globalization processes in relevant ways, there has been a missed articulation between globalization studies and literary studies. Examples are given of some of the ways in which this slippage is now being addressed and may be taken forward, taking up such themes as the manner in which anti-globalization protests and world cities have figured in literary works; the ways in which theories of postmodernism and postcolonialism, familiar in literary studies, have diverged from and converged with globalization studies; and how industries to do with the circulation of literature are becoming globalized. This book is intended for university-level students and teachers, researchers, and other informed readers with an interest in the above issues, and serves as both a survey of the field and an intervention within it.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-11-28
Mått:158 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780745640235

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Suman Gupta is Professor of Literature and Cultural History at the Open University.

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"This is a fascinating, ambitious and very timely book that tackles one of the hottest topics in literary studies today."Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick "Gupta sheds a clear light on this little explored field through his comprehensive coverage of the scholarship, his multipronged approach to the topic, and his sure-footed negotiation of theoretical issues."Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, New York University"In his book, Professor Gupta examines the relationship between globalization and literature via a historical approach, notably the self/inner differentiation in English studies. It is thought-provoking, full of insight and most cogent, and well worth recommending to everyone seriously interested in this area."Yue Daiyun, Peking University

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements ix1 The Nuances of Globalization 1Narrative Performance 1Travels of a Term 3Plan of this Study 102 Movements and Protests 13Plucking a Theme 13Anti-Globalization Protests 14Peace Movements 23V-Day 313 Global Cities and Cosmopolis 37Global Teens 37Global Cities 38Global City Transactions 43Cosmopolitan Order and Cosmopolis 48Virtual Cosmopolis 534 Literary Studies and Globalization 62Literary Entanglements 62Turning to Literary Studies 65Globalization Thematized 66Literary Text 71Culture and Identity 855 Postmodernism and Postcolonialism 97Postmodernism 97Postcolonialism 1076 Academic Institutional Spaces 123English Studies 123Comparative Literature/World Literature 136A Note on Translation 1467 The Globalization of Literature 151Dying Authors 151Literary Industries 159References 171Index 185