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Titre(s) : How literatures begin [Texte imprimé] : a global history / edited by Joel B. Lande & Denis Feeney
Publication : Princeton : Princeton university press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (vi, 423 pages) : ill. en coul. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p 395-411) and index
"The emergence of a literature in any language is an improbable and complex historical
achievement. In fact, many known languages throughout history did not develop writing,
let alone a literature. This book, a collectively written early history of different
literary traditions across the globe and through time, presents a global, comparative
account of literary origins spanning the Mediterranean, Asia, Europe, Africa, and
the Americas. Seventeen chapters, each written by a scholar with expertise in a particular
language and literature, trace the creation of writing and its interaction with oral
practices, the rise of print circulation, the passage from sacred to secular writing
and reading practices, the use of cultural models, the role of translation, and related
issues as they apply to the emergence of literature. The contributions explore the
historical context as well as the practices, technologies, and institutions that encouraged
the emergence of distinct literatures, from classical Chinese and the resultant establishment
of Japanese and Korean traditions, to the advent of Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and other
literatures of the Mediterranean; the birth of European vernaculars against the cosmopolitan
backdrop of post-classical Latin; and the later development of African American and
Latin American literatures under conditions of colonial expansion and racial oppression.
The volume is designed to enable readers to better understand the similarities as
well as the differences in the origins of major and enduring literatures across time"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Lande, Joel B. (1980-....). Éditeur scientifique
Feeney, Denis C. (1955-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Littérature
Indice(s) Dewey :
809 (23e éd.) = Littérature - Histoire et critique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0691219842. - ISBN 9780691219844. - ISBN 9780691186528. - ISBN 9780691186535.
- ISBN 0691186529. - ISBN 0691186537
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468046291
Notice n° :
FRBNF46804629
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Cover ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Contributors ; Introduction ; Part I. East
and South Asia ; 1. Chinese ; 2. Japanese ; 3. Korean ; 4. Indian ; Part II.
The Mediterranean ; 5. Greek ; 6. Latin ; 7. Hebrew ; 8. Syriac ; Color Plates
; 9. Arabic ; Part III. European Vernaculars ; 10. English ; 11. Romance Languages
; 12. German ; 13. Russian ; Part IV. Modern Geographies ; 14. Latin American
; 15. African ; 16. African American ; 17. World Literature ; Conclusion ; Notes
; Bibliography ; Index
