International Symposium on Global Literary Studies: Key Concepts

Program

This international symposium responds to a double demand: on the one hand, it discusses certain notions (global, globalization, world, cosmopolitan) within an historical perspective, providing a thorough intervention in the state of the art. On the other hand, it proposes different case studies that help develop further the global perspective in four key research avenues: global translation flows, the global novel, global literary environments, and global cinema. It aims at a better understanding of: 1)  the development of new conceptions of space in global literary studies; 2) the novel ways to  integrate unforeseen layers and scales that allow us to combine local, national, regional and  continental features, and a global reach; 3) the new or unknown relations that emerge, as well  as the role of connectivity and its unevenness; 4) the historicization and periodization of  theories, approaches and methodologies in global literary studies; and 5) agents participating in  the circulation of literary and cinematic products, as well as in cultural transformation processes,  and global subjects that are being modelled in literature and film.

The symposium gathers international scholars with expertise in various areas of research (sociology of literature, novel studies, narratology, cultural transfer, translation studies, ecocriticism, digital humanities, global cinema, and gender studies) to reflect on the current and  future paths of global literary studies from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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