Global Encounters: An Interdisciplinary Approach to World Literature and Cultures - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798823375603

Verlag: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2025

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Global Encounters: An Interdisciplinary Approach to World Literature and Cultures provides students with a curated collection of readings, cultural artifacts, and narratives from across the globe. It examines a variety of creations over time ranging from early Nigerian myths and Sumerian epics to fully modern phenomena like Beyonce's Grammy performance and Marvel culture.

The book is structured into four units, each focusing on different themes: creation myths, epic heroes, the Enlightenment, and postmodern world boundaries. The units are further divided into chapters that explore specific topics, such as Hebrew and Yoruba creation stories, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Bhagavad Gita, Kant's Enlightenment, and the Declaration of Independence, among others. The text takes an interdisciplinary approach, broadening the scope of world literature to include non-written cultural expressions and examining how these artifacts reflect the values and beliefs of their originating cultures. The revised first edition features minor text corrections, as well as new figure captions and editor's notes throughout.

Global Encounters provides students with a global perspective, encouraging them to engage with a variety of cultural productions and to develop a sense of global socio-cultural responsibility. It is an exceptional resource for courses and programs in world literature, cultural studies, and interdisciplinary humanities.

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Cynthia Murillo, Ph.D. is an instructor in the College of Liberal Arts at Colorado State University, where she teaches courses in women's writing, world literature, and American literature. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of New Mexico, an M.A. in English from the University of Central Florida, and a B.A. in English from Indiana University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798823375603
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
• Herausgeber: Murillo Cindy
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland