Beyond World Literature (Lecture by Prof. Wiliam MARX)

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World literature has been a reality since at least the nineteenth century. Texts travel across continents and cultures, translated from every language, taught in universities worldwide, and forming an emerging global canon. Never before have we been so free to read whatever we wish, from anywhere. Or so it seems. But is this true freedom, or merely a comforting illusion? What are the boundaries of this seemingly limitless literary exchange? This talk aims to explore those limits and propose a new approach to literature—a different way of reading texts, one that is either entirely new or, perhaps, simply old and forgotten. Welcome to the world library!

Lecture
William MARX (Professor, Collège de France)

Commentator
ABE Masahiko (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo)

Moderator
Michael FACIUS (Associate Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)