Articles in this volume focus on theories and histories of comparative literature and the field of comparative cultural studies. Contributors are Kwaku Asante-Darko on African postcolonial literature; Hendrik Birus on Goethe's concept of world literature; Amiya Dev on comparative literature in India; Marian Galik on interliterariness; Ernst Grabovszki on globalization, new media, and world literature; Jan Walsh Hokenson on the culture of the context; Marko Juvan on literariness; Karl S.Y. Kao on metaphor; Kristof Jacek Kozak on comparative literature in Slovenia; Manuela Mourao on comparative literature in the USA; Jola Skulj on cultural identity; Slobodan Sucur on period styles and theory; Peter Swirski on popular and highbrow literature; Antony Tatlow on textual anthropology; William H. Thornton on East/West power politics in cultural studies; Steven Totosy on comparative cultural studies; and Xiaoyi Zhou and Q.S. Tong on comparative literature in China. The papers are followed by an index and a bibliography of scholarship in comparative literature and cultural studies compiled by Steven Totosy, Steven Aoun, and Wendy C. Nielsen.
Preface, by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek
Language and Culture in African Postcolonial Literature, by Kwaku Asante-Darko
The Goethean Concept of World Literature and Comparative Literature, by Hendrik Birus
Comparative Literature in India, by Amiya Dev
Interliterariness as a Concept in Comparative Literature, by Marián Gálik
The Impact of Globalization and the New Media on the Notion of World Literature, by Ernst Grabovszki
The Culture of the Context: Comparative Literature Past and Future, by Jan Walsh Hokenson
On Literariness: From Post-Structuralism to Systems Theory, by Marko Juvan
Comparative Literature and the Ideology of Metaphor, East and West, by Karl S.Y. Kao
Comparative Literature in Slovenia, by Kristof Jacek Kozak
Comparative Literature in the United States, by Manuela Mourão
Comparative Literature and Cultural Identity, by Jola Skulj
Theory, Period Styles, and Comparative Literature as Discipline, by Slobodan Sucur
Popular and Highbrow Literature: A Comparative View, by Peter Swirski
Comparative Literature as Textual Anthropology, by Antony Tatlow
Analyzing East/West Power Politics in Comparative Cultural Studies, by William H. Thornton
From Comparative Literature Today Toward Comparative Cultural Studies, by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek
Comparative Literature in China, by Xiaoyi Zhou and Q. S. Tong
Toward Comparative Cultural Studies: A Selected Bibliography of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies (Theories, Methods, Histories, 1835 to 2002), by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven Aoun, and Wendy C. Nielsen
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