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What is American Perspectives on World Literature about?

1) The author explores how world literature is shaped differently in national contexts, using the US, India, and China as examples. 2) In the US, comparative literature has historically neglected American literature and focused heavily on European works instead. This has created an "Americentrism" in how world literature is viewed. 3) The author argues that comparative literature in the US still reflects the perspectives of its early European founders and does not fully consider how the American context in

Author

Luis Martínez-Falero Galindo

Language

EN