The idea of world literature : history and pedagogical practice / John Pizer.

Author/creator Pizer, John David
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionx, 190 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents What is Weltliteratur and why teach it in a World Literature in English Translation course? -- The emergence of Weltliteratur : Goethe and the Romantic school -- The mediation and contestation of Weltliteratur : Heine and young Germany -- Nationalism and revival : Weltliteratur from 1848 to the present -- Canonicity/great works/multiculturalism : world literature in America -- The dialectical filter of Weltliteratur : reading Rafik Schami through Goethe and Goethe through Rafik Schami -- A metatheoretical approach to teaching world literature.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-183) and index.
LCCN 2005012469
ISBN0807131199 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN59 .P55 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold