1st Edition

Transnational Literature The Basics

By Paul Jay Copyright 2021
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Transnational Literature: The Basics provides an indispensable overview of this important new field of study and the literature it explores. It concisely describes the various ways in which literature can be understood as being "transnational," explains why scholars in literary studies have become so interested in the topic, and discusses the economic, political, social, and cultural forces... Read more

Introduction  Part One: Conceptualizing Transnational Literature  1. The Nation and Beyond  2. Transnationalizing Literary Studies  3. What is Transnational Literature?  Part Two: Reading Transnational Literature  Introduction: The Lay of the Land  4. Mobility  5. Borders  6. Migration  7. Identity  8. History  9. Transnational Theatre

Biography

Paul Jay is Professor Emeritus at Loyola University, Chicago, USA.