World Literature Decentered

<p>What would world literature look like if we stopped referring to the “West”? Starting with the provocative premise that the “‘West’ is ten percent of the planet” <i>World Literature Decentered </i>is the first book to decenter Eurocentric discourses of global literature and global history – not just by deconstructing or historicizing them but by actively providing an alternative. Looking at a series of themes across three literatures (Mexico Turkey and Bengal) the book examines hotels melancholy orientalism femicide and the ghost story in a series of literary traditions outside the “West”. The non-West the book argues is no fringe group or token minority in need of attention – on the contrary it constitutes the overwhelming majority of this world. </p>