The debate over the concept of world literature, which has been
taking place with renewed intensity over the last twenty years, is
tightly bound up with the issues of global interconnectedness in a
polycentric world. Most recently, critiques of
globalization-related conceptualizations, in particular, have made
themselves heard: to what extent is the concept of world literature
too closely connected with the political and economic dynamics of
globalization? Such questions cannot be answered simply through
theoretical debate. The material side of the production of world
literature must therefore be more strongly integrated into the
conversation than it has been. Using the example of Latin American
literatures, this volume demonstrates the concrete construction
processes of world literature. To that purpose, archival materials
have been analyzed here: notes, travel reports, and correspondence
between publishers and authors. The Latin American examples provide
particularly rich information about the processes of
institutionalization in the Western world, as well as new
perspectives for a contemporary mapping of world literature beyond
the established dynamics of canonization.
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