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92,09 €* E-Book
Artikel-Nr:
9781444304602
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
152
Autor:
David Damrosch
Serie:
How to Study Literature
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by a reader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening, Damrosch offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Soyinka, and Walcott. Offers a unique set of "e;modes of entry for readers encountering foreign literature Provides readers with the tools to think creatively and systematically about key issues such as reading across time and cultures, reading translated works, and emerging global perspectives Covers a wide variety of genres, from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction and discusses how these forms have been used in different eras and cultures
How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challengesfaced by a reader confronting foreign literature. Accessible andenlightening, Damrosch offers readers the tools to navigate worksas varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki,Moliere, Kafka, Soyinka, and Walcott.
* Offers a unique set of "modes of entry" for readersencountering foreign literature
* Provides readers with the tools to think creatively andsystematically about key issues such as reading across time andcultures, reading translated works, and emerging globalperspectives
* Covers a wide variety of genres, from lyric and epic poetry todrama and prose fiction and discusses how these forms have beenused in different eras and cultures
* Offers a unique set of "modes of entry" for readersencountering foreign literature
* Provides readers with the tools to think creatively andsystematically about key issues such as reading across time andcultures, reading translated works, and emerging globalperspectives
* Covers a wide variety of genres, from lyric and epic poetry todrama and prose fiction and discusses how these forms have beenused in different eras and cultures
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
1 What Is "Literature"? 6
2 Reading across Time 24
3 Reading across Cultures 46
4 Reading in Translation 65
5 Going Abroad 86
6 Going Global 105
Epilogue: Going Farther 125
Bibliography 130
Index 136
Introduction 1
1 What Is "Literature"? 6
2 Reading across Time 24
3 Reading across Cultures 46
4 Reading in Translation 65
5 Going Abroad 86
6 Going Global 105
Epilogue: Going Farther 125
Bibliography 130
Index 136