Outputs (2)

Significant Geographies: in lieu of world literature (2018)
Journal Article
Laachir, K., Marzagora, S., & Orsini, F. (in press). Significant Geographies: in lieu of world literature. Journal of World Literature, 3(3), 290-310. https://doi.org/10.1163/24056480-00303005

One of the problems with current theories of world literature is that the term “world” is insufficiently probed and theorized. As a category, “world” is too generic and suggests a continuity and seamlessness that are both deceptive and self-fulfillin... Read More about Significant Geographies: in lieu of world literature.

‘Decreed out of existence: Multilingual India and World Literature’ (2013)
Book Chapter
Orsini, F. (2013). ‘Decreed out of existence: Multilingual India and World Literature’. In T. Parks, & E. Zuccato (Eds.), Towards a Global Literature/Verso uni letteratura globalizzata (37-46). marcos y marcos

In recent theorizations of world literature, it has been customary to consider only those works that circulate (either in a global language or in translation) as those which exist. Globalization then becomes an easy narrative of the triumph of Englis... Read More about ‘Decreed out of existence: Multilingual India and World Literature’.