Specters of world literature: orientalism, modernity, and the novel in the middle east
Auteur :
Mattar, Karim
Éditeur :
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN :
9781474467049
Date de publication :
30 mai 2022
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
At the heart of this book is a spectral theory of world literature that draws on Edward Said, Aamir Mufti, Jacques Derrida and world-systems theory to assess how the field produces local literature as an "other" that haunts its universalising, assimilative imperative with the force of the uncanny.