How to read world literature

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Title:

Author:

Damrosch, David.

ISBN:

9781405168267

9781405168274

Personal Author:

Damrosch, David.

Publication Information:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Physical Description:

viii, 139 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

How to study literature

How to study literature (Malden, Mass.)

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

What is "literature"? -- Reading across time -- Reading across cultures -- Reading in translation -- Going abroad -- Going global.

Abstract:

"How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by a reader confronting foreign literature: reading across time and cultures, reading translated works well, and exploring today's global perspective. A variety of genres are covered, from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction, with discussions of how these forms have been used in different eras and cultures, and examples from authors and texts as varied as The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Murasaki, The 1001 Nights, Moliere, Conrad, Soyinka, and Walcott." "Accessible and enlightening, How to Read World Literature offers readers the tools to navigate literary works from around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Literature -- History and criticism.

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How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by a reader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening, Damrosch offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Soyinka, and Walcott.
Offers a unique set of "modes of entry" for readers encountering foreign literature Provides readers with the tools to think creatively and systematically about key issues such as reading across time and cultures, reading translated works, and emerging global perspectives Covers a wide variety of genres, from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction and discusses how these forms have been used in different eras and cultures