Old Margins and New Centers Anciennes marges et nouveaux centres The European Literary Heritage in an Age of Globalization L'héritage littéraire eur - Marc Maufort - Peter Lang - broché - Essai

This critical anthology seeks to reassess the complex cultural and literary negotiations taking place between Europe and its margins in an increasingly globalized age. The somewhat paradoxical title of this volume playfully reverses traditional views of the relationship between Europe and its "Others" , reflecting the awareness that former European cultural centers could become tomorrow's new literary margins. This collection reevaluates the enduring impact of European cultural and literary traditions on various postcolonial and contemporary literatures, not only in world regions that used to be called the new margins of Europe but also in the former center, i.e. Europe itself. As the contributions gathered in this book suggest, the current relationship between European culture and its previous "Others" is no longer marked by unilateral opposition. Cette anthologie critique tente de redéfinir la complexité des négociations culturelles et littéraires entre l'Europe et ses marges à une é