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" Cosmopolitanism, Literary Nationalisms and Linguistic Activism "
Mélanie Bourlet
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AL
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1075826
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LA119455
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10.1163/24056480-00401004
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English
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Mélanie Bourlet
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Cosmopolitanism, Literary Nationalisms and Linguistic Activism [Article]\ Mélanie Bourlet
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Leiden: Brill
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Journal of World Literature
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2019
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4/1
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35–55
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This article explores the relationship between cosmopolitanism and nationalism through the example of a transnational literature written in an African language, Pulaar, considered from a multi-located perspective. It seeks to understand to what extent a linguistically based transnational literary nationalism may be considered a form of “bottom-up cosmopolitanism” (Appadurai) that carries social aspirations. In the context of globalization, movements of linguistic revitalisation continue to grow and language has become a veritable tool for social action. This essay argues that, from a methodological standpoint, a more focused attention to the local and to translocal ties allows us to bring to light the connectivity of literature and its tendency to challenge institutionalized global literary geographies. This article explores the relationship between cosmopolitanism and nationalism through the example of a transnational literature written in an African language, Pulaar, considered from a multi-located perspective. It seeks to understand to what extent a linguistically based transnational literary nationalism may be considered a form of “bottom-up cosmopolitanism” (Appadurai) that carries social aspirations. In the context of globalization, movements of linguistic revitalisation continue to grow and language has become a veritable tool for social action. This essay argues that, from a methodological standpoint, a more focused attention to the local and to translocal ties allows us to bring to light the connectivity of literature and its tendency to challenge institutionalized global literary geographies.
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connectivity
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cosmopolitanism
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linguistic activism
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literary nationalisms
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literary network
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local
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Pulaar literature
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10.1163/24056480-00401004
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