World Literature Decentered - Beyond the “West� through Turkey, Mexico and Bengal

What would world literature look like, if we stopped referring to the “West�? Starting with the provocative premise that the “‘West’ is ten percent of the planet�, World Literature Decentered is the first book to decenter Eurocentric discourses of global literature and global history – not just by deconstructing or historicizing them, but by actively providing an alternative. Looking at a series of themes across three literatures (Mexico, Turkey and Bengal), the book examines hotels, melancholy, orientalism, femicide and the ghost story in a series of literary traditions outside the “West�. The non-West, the book argues, is no fringe group or token minority in need of attention – on the contrary, it constitutes the overwhelming majority of this world.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2022
Authors:	Ian Almond
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Pages:	254
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-203455-3
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-03-203455-6
Barcode:	9781032034553

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