Examining the connection of national literature with the concept of &quot;world literature&quot;

Horri, Abolfazl

All

Webpages

Books

Journals

Tarbiat Modares University Press

Comparative Literature Research

Volume 11, Issue 1 (2023) CLRJ 2023, 11(1): 29-55 | Back to browse issues page

Mendeley

Zotero

RefWorks

Horri A. Examining the connection of national literature with the concept of "world literature". CLRJ 2023; 11 (1) :29-55
URL: http://clrj.modares.ac.ir/article-12-66572-en.html

Examining the connection of national literature with the concept of "world literature"

Abolfazl Horri

Arak University , horri2004tr@gmail.com

Abstract: (1353 Views)

This article examines the connection of national literature with the concept of world literature. From Goethe's point of view, national literature is the opposite of the literature that he calls "world literature". But are national literatures in general and other literatures "against", "opposite", or "contrary" to the view of "world literature" or "next to" and “complementary" to world literature? It is obvious that world literature owes its life, maturity and development to national literature, if a work does not first enter the domain of national literature of a country, it is less likely that it can become the domain of world literary works. Of course, there is no direct connection between national literature and world literature, that is, there is no requirement that the work must be national in order to be included in the cycle of world literature. However, being national means achieving the necessary indicators and qualities at the national level, may provide the ground for the national effect to enter the national and international level. In fact, the richness of world literature may depend on the richness of national literature and vice versa. However, if there is no mention of national literature, there will be less news about world literature. This article tries to examine the relationship between national and world literature from a theoretical perspective.

Keywords: National lit., world lit., translation, Persian lit., cosmopolitan lit.

Full-Text [PDF 1253 kb] (638 Downloads)

Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Comparative study of Persian language and literature with the language and literature of other Islamic nations (impact, influence and similarity).
Received: 2023/01/5 | Accepted: 2023/10/18 | Published: 2023/05/31

Send email to the article author

Rights and permissions
	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.