Open AccessDissemination of Lithuanian Literature: Becoming Part of World Literature
Author(s) -
Nijolė Maskaliūnienė
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
literatura/literatūra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1648-1143
pISSN - 0258-0802
DOI - 10.15388/litera.2021.1.6
Subject(s) - lithuanian , world literature , political science , foreign language , selection (genetic algorithm) , scientific literature , power (physics) , history , sociology , linguistics , computer science , literature , art , artificial intelligence , paleontology , philosophy , biology , pedagogy , physics , quantum mechanics
The article discusses the policy of dissemination of national literature abroad as one of the soft power practices used for the formation of the image of the country and the country’s literature, created through the translated and published works of Lithuanian authors in foreign languages. It also reviews the current situation, the selection of the works to be translated, institutions and bodies in charge of this dissemination, and problems of the research on the reception of the works (authors) translated into foreign languages.