Literatures of the World: Beyond World Literature

486 Pages·2021·7.131 MB·English

by  Ottmar Ette

LiteraturesoftheWorld

Literatures of the World
BeyondWorldLiterature
By
OttmarEtte
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Contents
Preface:BeyondWorldLiterature xi
ListofFigures xv
Part 1
Theory–OntheWaytoaPhilologyoftheLiteraturesofthe
World
1 “Mimesis”:PerspectivesfromErichAuerbach’sPhilologyofWorld
LiteraturetowardaComingPhilologyoftheLiteraturesofthe
World 3
InDante’sWorld 3
InAuerbach’sWorld 13
InWoolf’s,Proust’s,andJoyce’sWorld 22
TheWorldofWorldHistory 30
TheWorldofWorldLiterature 35
TheWorldoftheLiteraturesoftheWorld 41
2 FromtheRepublicofWorldLiteraturetoaMultilogicalPhilologyof
theLiteraturesoftheWorld 46
WorldLiteratureversusNationalLiterature 46
TheWorldoftheAmericanWorldofExpression 54
Lifeof(andin)WorldLiterature 62
BeyondWorldLiterature:TheLiteraturesoftheWorld 67
OntheMultilogicalLifeoftheLiteraturesoftheWorld 73
Part 2
Vectors–PoliticalandCriticalPotentialsofRelational
Philology
3 Beforeandafterthe“HappyRevolution”:Langsdorff,theBerlin
DebateontheNewWorld,andItsImpactonScientific
Expeditions 81
ParadigmShift:PlentyandPitfalls(FülleundFallen)oftheFirst
JourneysofExploration 81
ComplementaryEpistemology:Seeing,Writing,Traveling 84
viii Contents
PoliticsofKnowledge:TheBerlinDebateontheNewWorld 91
PoliticsofOpposites:“New”Natureand“Old”Culture 100
4 Journey/Landscapes:(W)Orte(Words/Places)ontheTransitofa
TransarealTravelLiterature 109
FleeingLandscapes 109
NomadicKnowledge 115
Yearned-forConnections 123
LandscapesofTheory 129
IslandLandscapesoftheTropics 135
EndingsandBeginningsoftheTravelReport 140
TheTaskoftheCentralPerspective 144
5 CarnivalandOtherCatastrophes:NatureasCultureandNewOrleans
asGlobalArchipelago 151
OnSettingandUn-seatingtheOppositionofNatureand
Culture 151
PoliticalEcologyandEcologyoftheLiteraturesoftheWorld 156
FromSustainabilitytotheLaboratoryofLifeandtheLiving 162
OnThatWhichIsNaturalinNaturalCatastrophes 166
Catastrophe,Festivity,andCarnival 174
BetweenContinentandCaribbean:LandscapesofTheory 182
NewOrleansasGlobalArchipelago 189
Part 3
ArchipelagoI–Occidentes–Orientes
6 RolandBarthesortheMultiplicationoftheEast 199
HexagonalCartographies 199
EuropeanCartographies 202
MediterraneanCartographies 209
Far-EasternCartographies 217
MultipliedCartographies 230
7 TheTransarealityoftheMediterranean:TheMediterraneanas
MigratorySpace 232
Uruk:CityscapeandMigratorySpace 232
TheMediterraneanasIslandWorldandTransareal
Projection 235
TravelLandscapesbetweenOrientandOccident 240
Contents ix
InGreece:TheMobilityofLiteraryGeography 246
Origins:IntheTension-FieldbetweentheMediterraneanandthe
Caribbean 251
Transit:The“Mid-LandSea”andtheWholeWorld 256
Part 4
TimeSpaces–OntheLife-KnowledgeoftheLiteraturesofthe
World
8 LebensMitte(l)Literatur–MidstofLife,MeansofLife:OntheReading
ofLifeasaMeansofLiving
ConsiderationsinConnectiontoHonorédeBalzac’s“LaPeaude
Chagrin” 265
LiteraturLebenLebensMittel(LiteratureLifeMeansofLife) 265
LebenLesenLeben-Wollen(LifeReadingDesire-to-Live) 271
LebenLebenswerkTotalität(LifeLife’s-WorkTotality) 280
Leben-WollenLebensMitteLebensMittel(Desire-to-LiveMiddleof
LifeMeansofLiving) 285
LebenLesenLiteratur(LifeReadingLiterature) 292
9 UnrestasaDrivingForce:OnVectoricityandEconomyofa
MonumentalFeeling 297
OntheMechanicsoftheUnruh(e) 297
OntheDynamicsofUnrest 300
OntheMaintenanceofUnrest 305
OntheChoreographyofUnrest 310
OntheGameofUnrest 316
OntheHellishParadiseofUnrest 325
OntheEconomyofDepletioninUnrest 330
10 LyricasConcentratedMovement:Miniaturizationand
ArchipelagizationinPoetry
WiththeExampleofaPoeticWritingwithoutaFixedAbodeby
JoséF.A.Oliver 337
LyricalShortForms:ConcentratedMovement 337
Nanotheory:ModelingandMiniaturization 341
LyricPoetry:World-ModelandExperimentalSpaceofOriginsand
Futures 345
LyricPoetry:LanguagesbeneathLanguages 351
ThisSideoftheDigital:FormatsofCompressedMovement 357