Transformative fictions : world literature and personal change /

Transformative Fictions: World Literature and Personal Change engages with current debates in world literature over the past twenty years, addressing the nature of literary influence in centers and peripheries, the formation of transnational literary and pedagogical canons, and the role of translati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Just, Daniel, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, [2023].
Series:	Routledge studies in comparative literature.
Subjects:	Central European literature > History and criticism. Central European literature > Psychological aspects. Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature. Inspiration in literature. Regionalism in literature. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Comparative literature > Themes, motives. Comparative literature > Study and teaching. Literature and transnationalism.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The world, the region, and the uses of literature
Milan Kundera and the transformative poetics of the novel
Speculative explorations : Milan Kundera's essays
Disruption and agitation in novels by Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Gombrowicz's autobiographical provocations
Bohumil Hrabal, literary narrative, and adaptive change
Strategic self-stylizations : Bohumil Hrabal's autofictions and essays
Conclusion: World literature, literacy, and new geographies.