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World Literature

Almost everything you have not yet read. The English-speaking world publishes roughly 3% of its books in translation; in France, the figure is over 20%; in...

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Almost everything you have not yet read. The English-speaking world publishes roughly 3% of its books in translation; in France, the figure is over 20%; in Germany, 12%; in Korea and Sweden, around 25%. The Anglophone reader's literary map is, by default, missing most of the world. Key sections include: World Literature.; A first word What is world literature?; Chapter I The translation question.; Chapter II The Arabic tradition.; Chapter III Persian.; Chapter IV Russian, beyond the giants.; Chapter V Chinese.; Chapter VI Japanese.; Chapter VII Korean.; Chapter VIII South Asian..

Key sections

  • 01World Literature.
  • 02A first word What is world literature?
  • 03Chapter I The translation question.
  • 04Chapter II The Arabic tradition.
  • 05Chapter III Persian.
  • 06Chapter IV Russian, beyond the giants.
  • 07Chapter V Chinese.
  • 08Chapter VI Japanese.

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  1. 01World Literature.
  2. 02A first word What is world literature?
  3. 03Chapter I The translation question.
  4. 04Chapter II The Arabic tradition.
  5. 05Chapter III Persian.
  6. 06Chapter IV Russian, beyond the giants.
  7. 07Chapter V Chinese.
  8. 08Chapter VI Japanese.
  9. 09Chapter VII Korean.
  10. 10Chapter VIII South Asian.
  11. 11Chapter IX African.
  12. 12Chapter X Caribbean.
  13. 13Chapter XI Latin American, after the Boom.
  14. 14Chapter XII Northern Europe.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Eastern Europe.
  16. 16Chapter XIV South-East Asia and the Pacific.
  17. 17Chapter XV Hebrew literature, modern.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Indigenous literatures.
  19. 19Chapter XVII The Nobel question.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Translators worth following.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Twenty-eight from the world.
  22. 22Chapter XX The forms outside the novel.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Where to keep reading.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Watch & read.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII What this deck did not cover.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV An invitation.
  27. 27The end of the deck.
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