{"product_id":"aleksis-kivi-andas-world-literature-9789004340213","title":"Aleksis Kivi and\/as World Literature","description":"Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872) is Finland’s greatest writer. His great 1870 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Seven\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated 59 times into 34 languages. Is he world literature, or not? In \u003ci\u003eAleksis Kivi and\/as World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e Douglas Robinson uses this question as a wedge for exploring the nature and nurture of world literature, and the contributions made by translators to it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s notion of major and minor literature, Robinson argues that translators have mainly “majoritized” Kivi—translated him respectfully—and so created images of literary tourism that ill suit recognition as world literature. Far better, he insists, is the impulse to minoritize—to find and celebrate the minor writer in Kivi, who “\u003ci\u003esends the major language racing\u003c\/i\u003e.”","brand":"Douglas Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48271303016699,"sku":"9789004340213","price":161.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0b1c6e1b-9f27-47fc-aaeb-65075db4bf64.jpg?v=1773727711","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/aleksis-kivi-andas-world-literature-9789004340213","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}