Tag Archives: world literature
Zora Neale Hurston: American literature as World Literature?
August 14, 2013 The polemical essay, “World Lite,” just out in n+1, is perhaps generating more heat than light. But it does raise an interesting question: what exactly is “world literature”? How broad its scope, and what could be in … Continue reading
Frank Stella re-mediates Moby-Dick
December 28, 2011 The numbers speak for themselves. Begun in 1985, the Moby-Dick series is still ongoing, with one or more artworks corresponding to each of the 135 chapter titles, over 300 of them at this point. They are mostly … Continue reading
Melville in the Dominican Republic
December 14, 2011 As far I know, he never set foot there. But then a physical journey is not always necessary. Junot Diaz is not shy about naming names — The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is almost … Continue reading
Question of scale
November 9, 2011 A great conference at the University of Maryland. “Rethinking World Literature/ Other World Literatures” — this is what a lot of us claim to be doing, but probably not with the same panache, conviction, and embarrassment about … Continue reading Continue reading