Strangeness and World Literature

• Autores: Mads Rosendahl Thomsen
• Localización: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, ISSN-e 1481-4374, Vol. 15, Nº. 5, 2013 (Ejemplar dedicado a: World Literatures from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century), 10 págs.
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In his article "Strangeness and World Literature" Mads Rosendahl Thomsen argues that world literature has emerged as a supplement to the two dominant paradigms for studies of literature beyond the nation: comparative literature and postcolonialism. Key questions for all three paradigms are first, what kinds of otherness or strangeness are desirable in literature, and second, how literary circulation is dependent on the representation of otherness. Through a variety of literary examples, Thomsen discusses how strangeness is mediated through genres, bicultural references, and (im)migrant experiences, and how making the local enchanted makes the world stranger to everyone