MAJOR VERSUS MINOR? - LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD by Theo D'Haen (Editor), Iannis Goerlandt (Editor), Roger D. Sell (Editor) ( 9789027201287 )

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Title:

MAJOR VERSUS MINOR? - LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

By:

Theo D'Haen (Editor), Iannis Goerlandt (Editor), Roger D. Sell (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£80.00
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ISBN 10:

9027201285

ISBN 13:

9789027201287

Publisher:

JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO

Pub. date:

1 October, 2015

Series:

Fillm Studies in Languages and Literatures 1

Pages:

295

Description:

Do the notions of "World Lingua Franca" and "World Literature" now need to be firmly relegated to an imperialist-cum-colonialist past? Or can they be rehabilitated in a practical and equitable way that fully endorses a politics of recognition? For scholars in the field of languages and literatures, this is the central dilemma to be faced in a world that is increasingly globalized. In this book, the possible banes and benefits of globalization are illuminated from many different viewpoints by scholars based in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. Among their more particular topics of discussion are: language spread, language hegemony, and language conservation; literary canons, literature and identity, and literary anthologies; and the bearing of the new communication technologies on languages and literatures alike. Throughout the book, however, the most frequently explored opposition is between languages or literatures perceived as "major" and others perceived as "minor," two terms which are sometimes qualitative in connotation, sometimes quantitative, and sometimes both at once, depending on who is using them and with reference to what.

Synopsis:

Do the notions of "World Lingua Franca" and "World Literature" now need to be firmly relegated to an imperialist-cum-colonialist past? Or can they be rehabilitated in a practical and equitable way that fully endorses a politics of recognition? For scholars in the field of languages and literatures, this is the central dilemma to be faced in a world that is increasingly globalized. In this book, the possible banes and benefits of globalization are illuminated from many different viewpoints by scholars based in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. Among their more particular topics of discussion are: language spread, language hegemony, and language conservation; literary canons, literature and identity, and literary anthologies; and the bearing of the new communication technologies on languages and literatures alike. Throughout the book, however, the most frequently explored opposition is between languages or literatures perceived as "major" and others perceived as "minor", two terms which are sometimes qualitative in connotation, sometimes quantitative, and sometimes both at once, depending on who is using them and with reference to what.

Illustrations:

+ index

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

John Benjamins Publishing Co

Returns:

Non-returnable

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