Critical Essays on World Literature, Comparative Literature and the Other

The book offers coherent theoretical treatment of the conceptions of World Literature and Comparative Literature , in parallel with their practical application to the research of different literary phenomena (Renaissance and Baroque creativity, literary canons, philosophy of translation, etc.), especially, as viewed from the point of view of the other - peripheral (minor, minority) national(-linguistic) cultures.

Envisaging womankind’s historical liberation and a budding comparative world sensibility has been seen as one of the greatest merits of European creative humanists . To explain the deep sources of creativity and image authenticity, the notions of the (aesthetic) infra-other and (philosophical) transgeniality have been introduced. The proposed aim would be to transcend monologues of ideological-cultural centres , as well as formalistic and sociological trends in cultural and literary research and teaching.

The book advocates a plurality of creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship between centres and peripheries .