| Comparative Literature and Comparative Cultural Studies Contributor(s): Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557532907 ISBN-13: 9781557532909 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2002 Annotation: The volume is the first annual of CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, a thematic volume with selected papers from material published in the journal in volumes 1.1-4 of 1999 and 2.1-4 of 2000. The papers are with focus on theories and histories of comparative literature and the emerging field of comparative cultural studies. Contributors are Kwaku Asante-Darko on African postcolonial literature, Hendrik Birus on Goethe's concept of world literature, Amiya Dev on comparative literature in India, Marian Galik on interliterariness, Ernst Grabovszki on globalization, new media, and world literature, Jan Walsh Hokenson on the culture of the context, Marko Juvan on literariness, Karl S.Y. Kao on metaphor, Kristof Jacek Kozak on comparative literature in Slovenia, Manuela Mourao on comparative literature in the USA, Jola Skulj on cultural identity, Slobodan Sucur on period styles and theory, Peter Swirski on popular and highbrow literature, Antony Tatlow on textual anthropology, William H. Thornton on East/West power politics in cultural studies, Steven Totosy on comparative cultural studies, and Xiaoyi Zhou and Q.S. Tong on comparative literature in China. The papers are followed by a bibliography of scholarship in comparative literature and cultural studies, compiled by Steven Totosy, Steven Aoun, and Wendy C. Nielsen and an index. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Social Science | Methodology - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 809 |
| LCCN: 2002012984 |
| Series: Comparative Cultural Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.16" W x 9.06" (1.13 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Articles in this volume focus on theories and histories of comparative literature and the field of comparative cultural studies. Contributors are Kwaku Asante-Darko on African postcolonial literature; Hendrik Birus on Goethe's concept of world literature; Amiya Dev on comparative literature in India; Marian Galik on interliterariness; Ernst Grabovszki on globalization, new media, and world literature; Jan Walsh Hokenson on the culture of the context; Marko Juvan on literariness; Karl S.Y. Kao on metaphor; Kristof Jacek Kozak on comparative literature in Slovenia; Manuela Mourao on comparative literature in the USA; Jola Skulj on cultural identity; Slobodan Sucur on period styles and theory; Peter Swirski on popular and highbrow literature; Antony Tatlow on textual anthropology; William H. Thornton on East/West power politics in cultural studies; Steven Totosy on comparative cultural studies; and Xiaoyi Zhou and Q.S. Tong on comparative literature in China. The papers are followed by an index and a bibliography of scholarship in comparative literature and cultural studies compiled by Steven Totosy, Steven Aoun, and Wendy C. Nielsen. |
Contributor Bio(s): Totosy de Zepetnek, Steven: - Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek's areas of scholarship include comparative literature and cultural studies; comparative media and communication studies; postcolonial studies; migration and ethnic minority studies; film and literature studies; audience studies; and European, US-American and Canadian cultures, among others. His single-authored books include Comparative Cultural Studies and the Future of the Humanities; Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application; and The Social Dimensions of Fiction. His edited volumes include New Work in the Study of World Literatures and in Comparative Literature and Comparative Cultural Studies; Digital Humanities and the Study of Intermediality in Comparative Cultural Studies; Perspectives on Identity, Migration, and Displacement; Comparative Central European Holocaust Studies; and Imre Kertész and Holocaust Literature. Zepetnek has published approximately 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and his work has been translated into Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish. Tötösy de Zepetnek is series editor of the Purdue University Press series Books in Comparative Cultural Studies and editor of the Purdue University Press journal CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture. |