National Literature in Multinational States Braz Albert
National Literature in Multinational States Braz Albert If literature has often informed the creation of a national imaginary--a sense of common history and destiny--it has also complicated, even…
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National Literature in Multinational States Braz Albert
If literature has often informed the creation of a national imaginary--a sense of common history and destiny--it has also complicated, even challenged, the unifying vision assumed in the formation of a national literature and sense of nation. The contributors to this collection interrogate concepts and manifestations of nationalism in the context of literary production while evaluating the place of national literatures in multinational states at a time when social unity and political agreement have never been more elusive. National Literature in Multinational States questions the persistent association of literature and nation-states, contrasting this with the reality of multinational and ethnocultural diversity.
The volume strives for synoptic analysis via the complementary, multifaceted treatment of literary creation in several geo-cultural contexts: Canada, the Caribbean, Europe,