Open AccessThe Comparative History of East Asian Literatures: A Sort of Manifesto
Author(s) -
Haun Saussy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
modern languages open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2052-5397
DOI - 10.3828/mlo.v0i0.206
Subject(s) - manifesto , east asia , history , world literature , circulation (fluid dynamics) , history of literature , literature , political science , china , law , art , physics , archaeology , thermodynamics
“World literature,” one of the growth fields in contemporary comparative literature, often begs the question of the “world” it reflects. Here it is suggested that East Asia from around 400 BCE to 1800 CE constituted a domain of circulation of literary, religious and philosophical texts that can well be taken as a “world.” Consequences for the future of comparative literary studies are intimated.
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