• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Connecting the Dots. Italian Literature in a Global History of Literature
  • Beteiligte: Van Den Bossche, Bart
  • Erschienen: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2013
  • Erschienen in: European Review, 21 (2013) 2, Seite 300-308
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1017/s1062798712000452
  • ISSN: 1474-0575; 1062-7987
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  • Beschreibung: The goals and methods of a global history of literature may not always be easily reconcilable with those pertinent to local (‘national’ or ‘regional’) literary traditions; however, behind the, at times, lengthy or painstaking discussions on the criteria of selection, emphasis, and on more or less necessary nuances, there are also a number of deeper and more fundamental issues at stake in a global history of literature that can be fruitfully approached through the looking-glass of a local literary tradition. Even characteristics of a particular tradition of literature that may seem specific, even highly specific, can give rise to intriguing questions bearing on some of the wide-ranging issues tied to a global perspective on literature. More in particular, with regard to Italian literature, three issues come to the fore: the way literary history deals with the question of agency, the connections between literary history and cultural repertoires, and the question of canonicity and ideology in literary historiography.