Comparative Becomings

Studies in Transition

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Feminist Criticism, French, European
Cover of the book Comparative Becomings by , Peter Lang
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781787071308
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: November 29, 2017
Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781787071308
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: November 29, 2017
Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Language: English

The comparative gesture performs both the act and the question of transition between the terms compared. Understood as an intercultural practice, comparative literature may thus also be understood as both a transitive and a transnational process, creating its own object and form of knowledge as it identifies and analyses lines of relation and exchange between literary cultures. When navigating between languages, the discipline becomes critically engaged with the possibility and methods of such navigation. Interdisciplinary and intermedial versions of comparative studies likewise centre around transitions that may themselves remain under-analysed.

This collection of essays, with contributions ranging from medieval literature to digital humanities, seeks to illuminate and interrogate the very diversity of comparative situations, with their attendant versions of comparative discourse. The volume as a whole thereby reflects, however fragmentedly, a field of study that is itself faced with the reality of transition. As both a thematic and formal concern in comparative work, transition emerges, within any historical period or other configuration in which it is charted and analysed, as key to the renewed relevance of comparative literary scholarship and study today.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The comparative gesture performs both the act and the question of transition between the terms compared. Understood as an intercultural practice, comparative literature may thus also be understood as both a transitive and a transnational process, creating its own object and form of knowledge as it identifies and analyses lines of relation and exchange between literary cultures. When navigating between languages, the discipline becomes critically engaged with the possibility and methods of such navigation. Interdisciplinary and intermedial versions of comparative studies likewise centre around transitions that may themselves remain under-analysed.

This collection of essays, with contributions ranging from medieval literature to digital humanities, seeks to illuminate and interrogate the very diversity of comparative situations, with their attendant versions of comparative discourse. The volume as a whole thereby reflects, however fragmentedly, a field of study that is itself faced with the reality of transition. As both a thematic and formal concern in comparative work, transition emerges, within any historical period or other configuration in which it is charted and analysed, as key to the renewed relevance of comparative literary scholarship and study today.

More books from Peter Lang

Cover of the book Quaternion of the Examples of a Philosophical Influence: Schopenhauer-Dostoevsky-Nietzsche-Cioran by
Cover of the book Sprechen entlang der Oder by
Cover of the book Coloring in the White Spaces by
Cover of the book Segment Reporting under IFRS 8 by
Cover of the book Arbeitsrecht und Satire by
Cover of the book Documents diplomatiques français by
Cover of the book Minderheitenschutz in Ungarn und der Tuerkei by
Cover of the book Gesetzliches Unrecht: Die Bedeutung des Begriffs fuer die Aufarbeitung von NS-Verbrechen by
Cover of the book Die rechtliche Bindungswirkung des Vertrages ueber die Nichtweiterverbreitung von Kernwaffen gegenueber Drittstaaten by
Cover of the book The Gospel of Matthew by
Cover of the book Language Literature the Arts: A Cognitive-Semiotic Interface by
Cover of the book Idéologies sur la langue et médias écrits : le cas du français et de litalien / Ideologie linguistiche e media scritti: i casi francese e italiano by
Cover of the book Voces femeninas españolas desde dentro by
Cover of the book Aktuelle Tendenzen in der Gegenwartsgermanistik by
Cover of the book Boccaccios «De mulieribus claris» by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy