How to Read World Literature

Author： David Damrosch  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9781119009238

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781119009160

Subject： I106 the classics and study

Language： ENG

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Preface to the Second Edition ix Introduction 1 1 What Is “Literature”? 9 2 Reading across Time 31 3 Reading across Cultures 57 4 Reading in Translation 83 5 Brave New Worlds 107 6 Writing Empire 135 7 Global Writing 157 Epilogue: Going Farther 181 Bibliography 187 Index 197

Chapter

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Chapter 1 What Is “Literature”?

The World of the Text

The Author’s Role

Modes of Reading

What Is a Novel?

Chapter 2 Reading across Time

From Orature to Literature

The Human and the Divine

Underworld Dreams

Feminizing Homer

Gathering Rosebuds

Chapter 3 Reading across Cultures

Classical Drama: Greece and India

Tragic Flaw or Fate?

Character and Plot

Scenes from Middle‐Class Life

Peripheral Reading

Rereading in Rio

Chapter 4 Reading in Translation

Imitation, Paraphrase, and Metaphrase

Comparing Translations

How Foreign Should a Translation Be?

How Do Spartans Speak?

Chapter 5 Brave New Worlds

Strangers in a Strange Land

Real-World Travels

Journeying to the West

Fictional Worlds

Looking Homeward

Chapter 6 Writing Empire

Mapping the World

Darkest Africa, Darkened London

Elesin, Ogun, and Oedipus

Candide the Optimist, Saeed the Pessoptimist

Love in a Fallen City

Chapter 7 Global Writing

The Glocal and the Delocalized

Global Istanbul

Binational Globalism

Second-Generation Fictions

Mutinationalism

Epilogue: Going Farther

Bibliography

Index

EULA

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