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TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction
T2 - the rise of the world author from the death of world literature
AU - Braun, Rebecca
PY - 2015/5
Y1 - 2015/5
N2 - What is a “world author,” and where can we find one within the various methodological approaches that underpin the academic study of “world literature”? In these pages, and by way of an introduction to the essays on “world authorship and German literature” that follow, I reflect on what some of the most basic terms underpinning any study of literature and its significance – script, text, author, world – might mean in the context of ongoing globalizing trends and changing notions of value and political and ethical accountability in the literary marketplace. These general thoughts are channelled through a specific focus on German literature and how it fares within these frames.
AB - What is a “world author,” and where can we find one within the various methodological approaches that underpin the academic study of “world literature”? In these pages, and by way of an introduction to the essays on “world authorship and German literature” that follow, I reflect on what some of the most basic terms underpinning any study of literature and its significance – script, text, author, world – might mean in the context of ongoing globalizing trends and changing notions of value and political and ethical accountability in the literary marketplace. These general thoughts are channelled through a specific focus on German literature and how it fares within these frames.
KW - authorship
KW - world literature
KW - world author
KW - Weltliteratur
KW - translation
KW - literary industry
KW - German literature
U2 - 10.3138/seminar.2015.51.2.81
DO - 10.3138/seminar.2015.51.2.81
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 81
EP - 99
JO - Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies
JF - Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies
SN - 0037-1939
IS - 2
ER -