Cambridge Studies in World Literature - Episode 3

Explore the third episode of Contours: The Cambridge Literary Studies Hour, presented by Professor Ato Quayson, focusing on the new Cambridge Studies in World Literature series. Delve into conversations between the General Editors, Debjani Ganguly and Francesca Orsini, and the first four authors of this groundbreaking monograph series. Discover how this innovative approach to world literature challenges traditional notions, emphasizing the logics of circulation drawn from diverse literary cultures and textual technologies. Learn about new cartographies in literary analysis, including hemispheric, oceanic, transregional, archipelagic, and multi-lingual local perspectives, which better reflect the multi-scalar and spatially dispersed nature of literary production. Gain insights into the creative co-existence, flashpoints, and intersections of language worlds from both the Global South and North, and explore multi-world models of literary production and criticism. Understand how this series pushes against existing historical, methodological, and cartographic boundaries while showcasing humanistic and literary endeavors in the face of global environmental and humanitarian challenges.