Greek, Latin, and the Origins of "World Literature"

In his article "Greek, Latin, and th that while it is hardly new that the models of contemporary comparative and world literature Eurocentric in their origins and structures, the precise nature of Eurocentrism is less Beecroft argues that far from representing (as Goethe had wished) era of comparative and world literature the notion of "national literatures." Beecroft explores the national basis for the study of comparative and world literatures in the nineteenth century La Place and de Staël's De la littérature the representation in each of Greek and Latin as "national literature of the national literary system to recognize the distinctive nature of particular challenges to speakers of non failed to match the national model > ISSN 1481-4374 Issue 5 (December 2013) Article 2 Alexander Beecroft, 'World Literature'" b.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol15/iss5/2> 15.5 (2013) -first Century. Ed. > e Origins of 'World Literature'" Alexander Beecroft argues the end of national s has, from its beginnings, been structured specifically around with particular attention to the anthologies of Noë considerée dans ses rapports avec les institutions sociales s." Beecroft argues that t these classical languages led -European languages such as Chinese whose own literatures as they sought to enter the system of world literature > ©Purdue University