Book discussion on ‘Colonialism, World Literature and the Making of the Modern Culture of Letters’ authored by Baidik Bhattacharya. It will be chaired by Awadhendra Sharan. The panelists include Debjani Ganguly, Udaya Kumar and Prathama Banerjee
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In a radical and ambitious reconceptualization of the field, the book Colonialism, World Literature, and the Making of the Modern Culture of Letters argues that global literary culture since the eighteenth century was fundamentally shaped by colonial histories. Providing close studies of colonial archives, German philosophy of aesthetics, French realist novels, and English literary history, this book shows how colonialism shaped and reshaped modern literary cultures in decisive ways. It breaks fresh ground across disciplines such as literary studies, anthropology, history, and philosophy, and invites one to rethink the history of literature in a new light.
Baidik Bhattacharya is Associate Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. He is the author of Colonialism, World Literature, and the Making of the Modern Culture of Letters (Cambridge University Press, 2024).
Debjani Ganguly is Professor of English, University of Virginia, US.
Udaya Kumar is Professor at Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Prathama Banerjee is Professor at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Awadhendra Sharan is Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Friday, 4 October 2024, 4 pm, Seminar Room and Zoom https://bit.ly/3XIuFoB
