Paul Giles
Department of English
US Studies Centre's International Academic Advisory Committee
University of Sidney
World Literature and International American Studies: Convergence, Divergence, and Contest
Abstract: This paper considers the relation between the institutional formations of World Literature and International American Studies. It compares and contrasts the association between World Literature and Comparative Literature to that between International American Studies and the American Studies movement emerging out of the United States. It goes on to argue that World Literature is anchored to a universalist teleology, one linked historically to an idealist intellectual genealogy. By contrast, International American Studies involves a more materialist, multidirectional emphasis that differentiates it from the U.S. appropriation of globalization to further its own strategic interests.
Keywords: World Literature, Comparative Literature, International American Studies, Globalization
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Zasady cytowania
Tom 10 Nr 1 (2017)
Opublikowane: 2017-05-19
10.31261/RIAS
English