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Theory 911

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Jean-Michel Rabaté
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It was inevitable that the events of September 2001 and the rapidly shifting world picture they have generated should force us to reexamine our programs, methods, orientations, and presuppositions. Having set out to address the role played by theory in comparative literature programs, I find myself caught between a wish to anticipate this fast-changing history we half live, half dream, in front of television screens and a need to take more distance, to survey a longer history. Besides, since I completed a book entitled The Future of Theory just weeks before these events, I feel the urge to check the relevance of some of my analyses and predictions.

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Theories and Methodologies
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PMLA , Volume 118 , Issue 2 , March 2003 , pp. 331 - 335
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2003

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