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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pare, François
Other Authors: Burman, Lin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (185 pages).
ISBN:9780889206557

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