Studies in World Literature Vol. 2: "Recognition and Ethics in World Literature"

(openPR) “Recognitions and Ethics in World Literature” examines the ethical engagement of novels by Amitav Ghosh, Chimamanda Adichie, Caryl Phillips, Kazuo Ishiguro, Zadie Smith, and J. M. Coetzee, exploring the overlap and divergence between Levinasian/Derridean and Aristotelian ethics. The study builds its analysis around three broad themes: religion, the memory of violence, and the human—eliciting the novelists' contributions to these debates through the investigation of the functioning of moments of recognition in their novels.

“Insightful... makes a vital contribution to a theoretical debate that urgently requires to be kept alive in our turbulent times. This is an important book that places the ethical in a critical relation to World Literature.”
Premesh Lalu, professor, director, Centre for Humanities Research, Faculty of Arts, University of the Western Cape

Vincent van Bever Donker
Recognition and Ethics in World Literature
280 Seiten, Paperback. 2016. 34,90€
ISBN 978-3-8382-0847-3
Erschienen in: Studies in World Literature

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