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Geopolitics of Comparison: World Literature Avant la Lettre

Geopolitics of Comparison: World Literature Avant la Lettre According to a well-known narrative, the concept of Weltliteratur and its academic correlative, the discipline of comparative literature, originated in Germany and France in the early nineteenth century, influenced by the spread of scientism and nationalism. But there is another genesis story that begins in the late eighteenth century in Spain and Italy, countries with histories entangled with the Arab presence in Europe during the medieval period. Emphasizing the role of Arabic in the formation of European literatures, Juan Andrés wrote the first comparative history of “all literature,” before the concepts of Weltliteratur and comparative literature gained currency. The divergence of the two genesis stories is the result of competing geopolitical interests, which determine which literatures enter into the sphere of comparison, on what terms, within which paradigms, and under what ideological and discursive conditions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Literature Duke University Press

Geopolitics of Comparison: World Literature Avant la Lettre

Hassan, Waïl S.
Comparative Literature , Volume 73 (3) – Sep 1, 2021
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Abstract

According to a well-known narrative, the concept of Weltliteratur and its academic correlative, the discipline of comparative literature, originated in Germany and France in the early nineteenth century, influenced by the spread of scientism and nationalism. But there is another genesis story that begins in the late eighteenth century in Spain and Italy, countries with histories entangled with the Arab presence in Europe during the medieval period. Emphasizing the role of Arabic in the formation of European literatures, Juan Andrés wrote the first comparative history of “all literature,” before the concepts of Weltliteratur and comparative literature gained currency. The divergence of the two genesis stories is the result of competing geopolitical interests, which determine which literatures enter into the sphere of comparison, on what terms, within which paradigms, and under what ideological and discursive conditions.

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Published: Sep 1, 2021

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    Corbí Sáez, María Isabel Aullón de Haro,
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    Damrosch, David Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty
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    Domínguez, César
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    Donoso, Isaac Aullón de Haro, García Gabaldón,
  • Presente y futuro de una teoría comparatista
    García Gabaldón, Jesús Aullón de Haro, García Gabaldón, Navarro Pastor,
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    González Ahola, Tomás Simonsen, Karen-Margrethe Stougaard-Nielsen, Jakob
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    Mombelli, Davide Gabaldón, García
  • Una perspectiva sobre Juan Andrés en Centroeuropa
    Navarro Pastor, Santiago Aullón de Haro, García Gabaldón, Navarro Pastor,
  • Prólogo a la nueva edición española
    Said, Edward Fuentes, María Luisa
  • ‘Weltliteratur’—zuerst 1773 bei August Ludwig Schlözer
    Schamoni, Wolfgang
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    Valcárcel, Carmen Aullón de Haro, García Gabaldón, Navarro Pastor,
  • The Name and Nature of Comparative Literature
    Wellek, René.