World Literature

<p><i>World Literature: Approaches Practices and Pedagogy</i> combines theoretical explorations and pedagogy to explore approaches to teaching some of the key concepts issues and topics in world literary studies.</p><p>Recognising the evolving and at times contested meanings of ‘world literature’ this book treats world literature as a mode of reading and one that provides opportunities to create a space for critical discussions and reflections on understanding unpacking and at times challenging some of the assumptions and practices in world literary studies. Contributors discuss a wide array of topics including the role of translation and literary marketplace in global circulation of texts the function and problematics of paratexts questions of co-authorship in transnational contexts debates on major/minor in world literature cosmopolitanism and the impact of English as a lingua franca on the development of the field.</p><p>Accompanied by reading questions individual and group exercises as well as suggested further readings this collection offers a practical resource for instructors and an accessible guide to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking world literature courses in different parts of the world.</p>