This essay identifies in the materialist strand of world literature theory, especially Pascale Casanova and Warwick Research Collective, a reliance upon priori structures (the world-system) prioritisation literary registration inequality. By contrast, I contend, world-literary critics who wish to maintain dissident spirit postcolonialism ought demonstrate shared equality. reference philosophies...

What are called ‘natural languages’ artificial, often politically instituted and regulated, phenomena; a more accurate picture of speech practices around the globe is multidimensional continuum. This essay asks what implications this understanding language for translation, focuses on variety Afrikaans known as Kaaps, which has traditionally been treated dialect rather than in its own right. An ...