Comparative literature : a critical introduction

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Author:

Bassnett, Susan.

ISBN:

9780631167044

9780631167051

Personal Author:

Bassnett, Susan.

Publication Information:

Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1993.

Physical Description:

183 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction: What is Comparative Literature Today? -- 1. How Comparative Literature Came into Being -- 2. Beyond the Frontiers of Europe: Alternative Concepts of Comparative Literature -- 3. Comparing the Literatures of the British Isles -- 4. Comparative Identities in the Post-Colonial World -- 5. Constructing Cultures: the Politics of Travellers' Tales -- 6. Gender and Thematics: the Case of Guinevere -- 7. From Comparative Literature to Translation Studies.

Subject Term:

Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Criticism.

Comparative literature.

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Summary

This major new introduction to comparative literature is for students coming to the subject for the first time. Through an examination of a series of case studies and new theoretical developments, Bassnett reviews the current state of comparative literature world-wide in the 1990s. In the past twenty years a range of new developments in critical theory have changed patterns of reading and approaches to literature: gender based criticism, reception studies, the growth of translation studies, deconstruction and orientalism all have had a profound impact on work in comparative literature.