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Against World Literature
Emily Apter
其他書名
On the Politics of Untranslatability
出版Verso Books, 2014-06-10
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & InterpretingLiterary Criticism / Semiotics & TheoryLiterary Criticism / Comparative Literature
ISBN17847800309781784780036
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Om3nDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability argues for a rethinking of comparative literature focusing on the problems that emerge when large-scale paradigms of literary studies ignore the politics of the "Untranslatable"-the realm of those words that are continually retranslated, mistranslated, transferred from language to language, or especially resistant to substitution.
In the place of "World Literature"-a dominant paradigm in the humanities, one grounded in market-driven notions of readability and universal appeal-Apter proposes a plurality of "world literatures" oriented around philosophical concepts and geopolitical pressure points. The history and theory of the language that constructs World Literature is critically examined with a special focus on Weltliteratur, literary world systems, narrative ecosystems, language borders and checkpoints, theologies of translation, and planetary devolution in a book set to revolutionize the discipline of comparative literature.