Exiguity : Reflections on the Margins of Literature

For the past four centuries, five major languages have dominated Western literature. This domination has excluded or rendered marginal all other literatures - has, in effect, diminished literary diversity and endangered the existence of the literature of "smaller" cultures. In an illuminat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pare, François
Otros Autores: Burman, Lin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Literature > Minority authors.
Literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Litterature.
Litterature > Auteurs issus des minorites.
Litterature > Auteurs issus des minorites > Histoire et critique.
Litterature > Auteurs issus des minorites > Expositions.
Literature
Literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Literature > Minority authors > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:For the past four centuries, five major languages have dominated Western literature. This domination has excluded or rendered marginal all other literatures - has, in effect, diminished literary diversity and endangered the existence of the literature of "smaller" cultures. In an illuminating defence for their preservation, François Pare reflects on the diversity of cultures and languages in the world and on the fantastic richness of "smaller" literatures. He offers us memorable samples of this diversity and, in his original and thought-provoking style, tantalizes us with critical musings o.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (185 pages).
ISBN:9780889206557

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