Book contents
- The Cambridge History of World Literature
- The Cambridge History of World Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Genealogies
- Part II Thinking the World
- Part III Transregional Worlding
- 14 East Asia as Comparative Paradigm
- 15 Latin American Baroque: Or Error by Design
- 16 Comparative World Literature and Worlds in Portuguese
- 17 Africa and World Literature
- 18 Literary Revolution: Ireland and the World
- 19 Korean Worlds and Echoes from the Cold War
- 20 French Colonial Literature in Indochina: Colonial Adventure and Continental Drift
- 21 From Diasporic Tamil Literature to Global Tamil Literature
- Part IV Cartographic Shifts
- Part V World Literature and Translation
- Part VI Poetics, Genre, Intermediality
- Part VII Scales, Polysystems, Canons
- Part VIII Modes of Reading and Circulation
- Part IX The Worldly and the Planetary
- Index
- References
16 - Comparative World Literature and Worlds in Portuguese
from Part III - Transregional Worlding
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Book contents
- The Cambridge History of World Literature
- The Cambridge History of World Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Genealogies
- Part II Thinking the World
- Part III Transregional Worlding
- 14 East Asia as Comparative Paradigm
- 15 Latin American Baroque: Or Error by Design
- 16 Comparative World Literature and Worlds in Portuguese
- 17 Africa and World Literature
- 18 Literary Revolution: Ireland and the World
- 19 Korean Worlds and Echoes from the Cold War
- 20 French Colonial Literature in Indochina: Colonial Adventure and Continental Drift
- 21 From Diasporic Tamil Literature to Global Tamil Literature
- Part IV Cartographic Shifts
- Part V World Literature and Translation
- Part VI Poetics, Genre, Intermediality
- Part VII Scales, Polysystems, Canons
- Part VIII Modes of Reading and Circulation
- Part IX The Worldly and the Planetary
- Index
- References
Summary
Drawing from different approaches and case-studies, such as the Portuguese-speaking literatures, my main argument sustains that world literature may not be conceived as such outside a comparative approach. Therefore, the comparative epistemology is what densifies world literature and makes possible its manifestation through different constellations, scales, regional approaches, and thematics.
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- The Cambridge History of World Literature , pp. 310 - 325Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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