The Yet Unknown World Literature

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  • Zhang Longxi City University of Hong Kong

Keywords:

World Literatura

Abstract

World literature does not make sense if understood literally, for it is not the sum total of all national literatures. In this essay we will discuss its multiple meanings.

Author Biography

Zhang Longxi, City University of Hong Kong

Zhang Longxi is Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation at the City University of Hong Kong, and Distinguished Professor at the Yenching Academy of Peking University. He has published numerous articles in East–West comparative studies and is the author of more than twenty books. He is an advisory editor of New Literary History, an editor-in-chief of the Journal of World Literature, and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and of Academia Europaea. He is President of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA, 2016–2019).

Published

2024-06-02

How to Cite

Longxi, Z. (2024). The Yet Unknown World Literature. Revista Brasileira De Literatura Comparada, 19(32), 53–57. Retrieved from http://rblc.com.br/index.php/rblc/article/view/464

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