Comparison as Relation

Autor: Shu-mei Shih
Rok vydání: 2022
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv2j6xdjn.8
Popis: This chapter proposes a new method of doing comparative and world literature called relational comparison. Relational comparison sets into motion relationalities among seemingly disparate texts by deploying world historical perspectives to reveal the global interconnectedness of the world in literature, where the agents who partake of such interconnection are not only major but also minor and marginalized literatures. The method of relational comparison thus helps level the playing field of uneven and unequal power dynamics in the constitution of world literature, and works some way towards a more egalitarian and inclusive conception of world literature.
Databáze: OpenAIRE