Forget English! - Orientalisms and World Literatures Mufti Prof. Aamir R.Paperback
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe idea of world literature has garnered much attention recently as a discipline that promises to move humanistic study beyond postcolonial theory and…
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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe idea of world literature has garnered much attention recently as a discipline that promises to move humanistic study beyond postcolonial theory and antiquated paradigms of "national" literary traditions. In Forget English Aamir Mufti scrutinizes the claims made on behalf of world literature by its advocates. The notion of a borderless, egalitarian global literature has obvious appeal, he notes, but behind it lurks the continuing dominance of English as a literary language and a cultural system of international reach. "Mufti's historical perspective and insightful analyses of India's anglophone novel generate constant echoes with the realities of anglophone writings in other cultures." --Eva Shan Chou, Times Higher Education "Mufti's book is in one sense a quarrel with Salman Rushdie's overly