Tag Archives: world literature

Zora Neale Hurston: American literature as World Literature?

Posted on August 14, 2013 by wcd2

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 →

Posted in Africa, African-American literature, Caribbean literature, Catholicism, Colonization, Creole, Diaspora, Global South, Igbo, Latin America, peripheral networks, Race, slavery, Twentieth century literature, World religions | Tagged " n+1, "World Lite, Congo, Dahomey, Guinea, Haiti, Harlem, Jamaica, loa, mysteres, Tell My Horse, Their Eyes Were Watching God, world literature, Zora Neale Hurston | Leave a comment

Frank Stella re-mediates Moby-Dick

Posted on December 28, 2011 by wcd2

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 →

Posted in abstract expressionism, Chinese art, epic, Japanese art, Near Eastern poetry, Nineteenth-century literature, print medium, Remediation, twentieth century art, world literature | Tagged "Near East Series", Australia, Frank Stella, Herman Melville, Islamic decorative arts, Japan, Moby-Dick, MOMA, Robert K. Wallace, Roberta Smith, world literature | 168 Comments

Melville in the Dominican Republic

Posted on December 14, 2011 by wcd2

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 →

Posted in epic, Global South, Nineteenth-century literature, Spanglish, Translation, world literature | Tagged Dominican Republic, epic, Junot Diaz, Melville, novel, science fiction, Spanlish, world literature | 11 Comments

Question of scale

Posted on November 9, 2011 by wcd2

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 →

Posted in Japanese poetry, Paris, scale, world literature | Tagged cemetery, fiction/poetry, France, Gertrude Stein, haiku, Japanese poetry, Julia Wright, Paris, Richard Wright, scale, world literature | 26 Comments