Literary transnationalism

A Europeanist’s perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID8046835
AuthorsPeter Morgan (0000-0002-5973-5859, The University of Sydney)
Year2017
Volume47
Issue1
Pages3-20
Publication date2017-01-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2441 • E-ISSN: 1740-2379
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0047244116676685
OpenAlexW2574084380
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited19

Literary transnationalism is a relatively new term critically mediating the relationships between national literatures and the wider forces of globalizing culture. ‘Literary’ or ‘critical’ ‘transnationalism’ describes aspects of literary circulation and movement that defy reduction to the level of the nation-state. The term originated in American Studies as a means of bringing American literary discourse into a new relationship with the world that it inhabits. Can the concept of ‘transnationalism’ help in broader discussions of world literature and literary globalization? Literary transnationalism in this sense would identify that point at which two or more geo-cultural imaginaries intersect, connect, engage with, disrupt or conflict with each other in literary form. In this article I discuss transnationalism in terms of its origins and intellectual history in order to suggest ways in which transnational theory might be developed as an analytical tool of both global breadth and historical depth with particular reference to European literature

Transnationalism · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Philippine History and Culture · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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