This open access collection of more than 40 essays from distinguished and up-and-coming scholars provides a definitive point of reference for the field of comparative literature globally in the 2020s.
Worlds of Comparative Literature, the sixth incarnation of the ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) State of the Discipline Report, showcases the most up-to-date work of leading scholars in the field. With an editorial team made up of distinguished and authoritative voices, an international range of contributors, and a forward-thinking vision of current trends in scholarship, this is an invaluable snap shot of the field against a backdrop of constant change in the Humanities and higher education.
Organized around key concepts and paradigms, new directions and trends, global perspectives, and institutional representation, Worlds of Comparative Literature offers a broad range of coverage on new developments – such as Global South studies, Indigenous studies, and medical humanities – and reflects the current place of comparative literature at universities and colleges. The volume features essays by 10 past presidents of the ACLA and the ADPCL (Association of Departments and Programs of Comparative Literature) and 3 past presidents of the ICLA (International Comparative Literature Association). It also moves away from a US-centered approach, with global perspectives making up more than a third of the volume and contributors based in countries such as Argentina, China, Denmark, India, New Zealand, Qatar, and the UK.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, and University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
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Worlds of Comparative Literature
The ACLA State of the Discipline Report
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction Waïl S. Hassan and Shu-mei Shih
- PART ONE PARAMETERS
- PART TWO NEW DIRECTIONS
- PART THREE PERSPECTIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
- PART FOUR INSTITUTIONS
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
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