Abstract:Semiperipheral Notes. A Discussion on the Meaning of Region in World Literature
The article discusses how a view from the semi-periphery of the Nordic countries, with specific focus on the region as the scale ofanalysis, may theoretically challenge world literature. Understanding region as ‘direction’ or orientation suggest a rethinking of what regionality can encompass. The world-system theory of the Warwick Research Collective, which explicitly emphasizes the importance of semi-periphery, is contrasted… Show more
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