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| Re-imagining
Language and Literature for the 21st Century Suthira Duangsamosorn et al. (eds) Amsterdam / New York, NY: Rodopi, 2005 | Book Synopsis
In 28 essays selected from the proceedings of the XXII International
Congress of FILLM held at Assumption University, Bangkok, scholars and
teachers of languages and literatures have noted, bemoaned and analyzed
the waning influence of the humanities to varying degrees. They have
raised questions, offered solutions and vigorously defended their
languages and literatures, often in no uncertain terms - not as a
politically correct thing to do, but as a human obligation.
The
papers presented here are true to the spirit of the Congress from the
moment of the keynote address to what followed in a spontaneous outbreak
of voices from scholars of more than 70 universities throughout the
world. For the first time, in an international congress, scholars have
described with great sensitivity many languages and literatures often
considered the periphery, in a sincere attempt to understand ‘the
other’, thus making a passionate plea for inclusion in the umbrella of
the world’s languages and literatures. With contributions by
keynote speaker and authority on Comparative Literature Gayatri Spivak,
USA and plenary speakers Vridhagiri Ganeshan, India; Roger Sell,
Finland; Antoine Compagnon, France; and Chetana Nagavajara, Thailand
this volume is of immense interest to scholars and teachers of languages
and literatures the world over.
"The Federation embraces
African, Asian, Pacific and Euro American universities. Comparative
Literature cannot hold just the last item on this list as its material
base.” - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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