About this book series
World literature is indeed the most
exciting new phenomenon in literary studies today. It is on the rise as the
economic, political, and demographic relationships and balances are changing
rapidly in a globalized world. A new concept of world literature is responding
to such changes and is advocating a more inclusive and truly global
conceptualization of canonical literature in the world’s different literary and
cultural traditions. With a number of anthologies, monographs, companions, and
handbooks already published and available, there is a real need to have a book
series that convey to interested readers what the new concept of world
literature is or should be. To put it clearly, world literature is not and
cannot be the simple conglomeration of all the literary works written in the
world, but only the very best works from the world’s different literatures,
particularly literary traditions that have not been well studied beyond their
native environment. That is to say, world literature still needs to establish its canon by including great works of literature not just from the major traditions of Western Europe, but also literary traditions in other parts of the world as well as the “minor” or insufficiently studied literatures in Europe and North America.
- Electronic ISSN
- 2662-785X
- Print ISSN
- 2662-7841
- Series Editor
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- Zhang Longxi
