a discipline to go global
Arguably, literary theory is one of those disciplines who have their golden years behind. There was a time when all those theories of heterodiegetic narrators, and intertextuality, and stuff were invented. But it was long ago, at least several decades ago. Few people add new things to it nowadays. Personally, I don't believe to have ever made any contribution, as tiny as it might be.
Nonetheless, there is a new bright future in front of literary theory. It is one of those Eurocentric disciplines who worked essentially with the material born in just one cultural area, as vast as it might be. There is no encompassing literary theory for the whole scope of world literature, as far as I know. Of course, the Eurocentric theory of genres, issued from Aristotle's Poetics, has nothing to do with a great variety of non-European literatures. On the other hand, any pretention to be universal with such concepts as irony or similar, is unchecked at best. I do believe that a great deal of the literary games of humanity remain outside the existing conceptual framework. This is why there is still plenty of work to do.
Nonetheless, there is a new bright future in front of literary theory. It is one of those Eurocentric disciplines who worked essentially with the material born in just one cultural area, as vast as it might be. There is no encompassing literary theory for the whole scope of world literature, as far as I know. Of course, the Eurocentric theory of genres, issued from Aristotle's Poetics, has nothing to do with a great variety of non-European literatures. On the other hand, any pretention to be universal with such concepts as irony or similar, is unchecked at best. I do believe that a great deal of the literary games of humanity remain outside the existing conceptual framework. This is why there is still plenty of work to do.
international journals for literary theory
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Literature Compass articles are distinguished from those of traditional journals by combining original research and analysis with a broader expertise and understanding of how that fits—as both contribution and intervention—in the authors’ fields or sub-fields. Because the journal publishes peer-reviewed, state-of-the-field articles on a continual, monthly basis, it is unencumbered by rigid publishing timelines, ensuring that topical and significant research reaches the public effectively and efficiently.
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