Magento Commerce

‘Perspectives on Comparative Literature and Culture in the Age of Globalization’ provides a fresh look at the field of comparative literature and culture studies from a historical and political perspective. This volume explores both the historical development of comparative literature and culture studies and the complex contemporary relationship between comparatism and globalization. Comprised of theoretical and analytical articles written by eminent scholars in the fields of language, literature and culture studies, this ambitious collection discusses how globalization impacts comparatism; how translation plays a major role in this connection; and how, both because and in spite of globalization, there are renewed and ever-vitalized channels of corporatism in literature and culture studies. While discussing the problematic hegemonic and homogenising aspects of globalization and comparatism, ‘Perspectives on Comparative Literature and Culture’ also ultimately reveals how the potential within comparatism to go beyond the insular and reach out to the Other may hold the key to negotiating contemporary globalized society.

Readership: Students and scholars of literature, translation, culture studies, and comparative studies.