From a leading figure in comparative literature, a major new survey
of the field that points the way forward for a discipline
undergoing rapid changes Literary studies are being transformed
today by the expansive and disruptive forces of globalization. More
works than ever circulate worldwide in English and in translation,
and even national traditions are increasingly seen in transnational
terms. To encompass this expanding literary universe, scholars and
teachers need to increase their linguistic and cultural resources,
rethink their methods and training, and reconceive the place of
literature and criticism in the world. In Comparing the
Literatures, David Damrosch integrates comparative, postcolonial,
and world-literary perspectives to offer a comprehensive overview
of comparative studies and its prospects in a time of great
upheaval and great opportunity. Comparing the Literatures looks
both at institutional forces and at key episodes in the life and
work of comparatists who have struggled to define and redefine the
terms of literary analysis over the past two centuries, from Johann
Gottfried Herder and Germaine de Stael to Edward Said, Gayatri
Spivak, Franco Moretti, and Emily Apter. With literary examples
ranging from Ovid and Kalidasa to James Joyce, Yoko Tawada, and the
internet artists Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Damrosch shows
how the main strands of comparison-philology, literary theory,
colonial and postcolonial studies, and the study of world
literature-have long been intertwined. A deeper understanding of
comparative literature's achievements, persistent contradictions,
and even failures can help comparatists in literature and other
fields develop creative responses to today's most important
questions and debates. Amid a multitude of challenges and new
possibilities for comparative literature, Comparing the Literatures
provides an important road map for the discipline's revitalization.
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