Comparative Literature in Canada: Contemporary Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Publishing in Review

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This timely volume takes stock of the discipline of comparative literature and its theory and practice from a Canadian perspective. It engages with the most pressing critical issues at the intersection of comparative literature and other areas of inquiry in the context of scholarship, pedagogy and academic publishing: bilingualism and multilingualism, Indigeneity, multiple canons (literary and other), the relationship between print culture and other media, the development of information studies, concerted efforts in digitization, and the future of the production and dissemination of knowledge. The authors offer an analysis of the current state of Canadian comparative literature, with a dual focus on the issues of multilingualism in Canadas sociopolitical and cultural context and Canadas geographical location within the Americas. It also discusses ways in which contemporary technology is influencing the way that Canadian literature is taught, produced, and disseminated, and how this affects its readings.

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A revelation. These eye-opening essays showcase fresh, distinctively Canadian perspectives on

translation and the plurilingual present, on the linked crises of the humanities, graduate education, scholarly publication and libraries. The volume reenvisions our discipline, Canadian-style, as staunchly plurilingual, in sustained dialogue with multicultural experience, reflecting postcolonial perspectives, and committed to restorative justice. Compulsory reading for all comparatists, especially those below the 49th parallel.--Katie Trumpener, Yale University

Comparative analysis provides insights not only into literatures, but also into the distinct institutional histories and configurations within and between countries. Canadian Comparative Literature presents a wealth of information on everything unique to complit in Canada. From its number of B.A.-granting programs, to pioneering comparisons of settler-colonial with Indigenous literatures, to experiments with alternative forms of critical composition, this volume reveals the many reasons we have to pay increased attention to the work of Canadian comparatists.

--Thomas O. Beebee, Penn State University

Author Bio

Susan Ingram is associate professor in the Department of Humanities at York University. Irene Sywenky is associate professor of comparative literature at the University of Alberta.