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World
Literature
What is World
Literature?
First, it may refer to the vast
literary production across the
world;
Second, it might only contain
what is deemed the best of
what the worlds literature can
offer.
IN 1827, he told
his disciple Johann
Peter Eckermann
that national
literature is no
longer of
importance. It is
David Damrosh
in What is World
Literature? (2003)
states that world
literature is not an
infinite,
ungraspable canon
of works but rather
a mode of
works as to
bodies of material,
available for
reading established
classics and new
discoveries alike.
It must be
pointed out that a
literary text may
cross borders
Following
reasons:
1. Artistic merit
of the literary
2. The political
situation
surrounding
the text ( the
text comes
from an
influential
country)
Damrosch also
noted that the
world
literature is a
mode of
reading.
preparation do we
need
to
read
world
GROUP
EXERCISE
EXERCISE: BY PAIR.
literature,
#1
especially if a
literary work is
outside our literary
comfort zone?
Can you
identify
at least
one play
of
William
Shakesp
eare?
Why are
Filipinos
interested
in
Shakespear
e and his
works when
clearly ,
Tagore is a multitalented
artist who wrote an array
of novels, poems, plays and
stories
in his native
Bengali language.
He
acted
in
theater
and
composed music.
According to Ian Jacks
article, he described Tagore as
Group
Exercise #2
Form a group of three to
four members. Exchange
your views about why
Shakespeare is more
popularly discussed in
classes while Tagore is not
that popular to
contemporary readers.
After your discussion,
Therefore,
When reading a literary
work from a different
country or region, you may
need to read around the
text by considering the
following contexts, whatever
applies: culture, thought,
politics/government, social
structure, gender roles,
Group
Exercise
#3
GR
Group by pair and do the
following instruction:
1.Produce a copy of assigned
literary text (short
story/poem).
2.Collect 5-10 vocabulary
words and give its meaning.
3.Summarize the assigned
literary piece, according to
Meaning
QUIZ
Thank you
for
listening