Globalization and Literature

This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies, and the bearing that they have on each other. It engages with the manner in which globalization is thematized in literary works, examines the relationship between globalization theory and literary theory, and discusses the impact of globalization processes on the production and reception of literary texts.

Contents: 1. The Nuances of Globalization. 2. Movements and Protests. 3. Global Cities and Cosmopolis. 4. Literary Studies and Globalization. 5. Postmodernism and Postcolonialism. 6. Academic Institutional Spaces. 7. The Globalization of Literature.