Methods for the study of literature as cultural memory : : Volume 6 of the proceedings of the XVth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association "Literature as Cultural Memory" : Leiden, 16-22 August 1997 / / edited by Raymond Vervliet, Annemarie Estor and Theo d' Haen.

• Superior document: Studies in comparative literature ; Volume 30
• TeilnehmendeR: Vervliet, Raymond,; Estor, Annemarie,; d' Haen, Theo,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, Atlanta, Georgia : : Rodopi,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Text (Rodopi (Firm)) ; Volume 30.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (477 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004488596
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Raymond Vervliet, Annemarie Estor and Theo d' Haen.

In this volume collaborators from different universities all over the world explore a wide variety of methods for the study of literature as cultural memory. In literature, the past may be (re)constructed in various ways and in very diverse forms. This immediately raises the question as to how one can describe and inventory the various discourses and metadiscourses of historical representation. In what sense can the rhetoric of literary historiography itself contribute to literature's function as cultural memory? Which methods of analysis are most appropriate for describing specific text types or genres as cultural memory? What have been the pragmatic uses and the ethical merits of the stability and continuity that literature has often provided for European, American, Asian and African cultures? What are the dilemmas they create for our teaching at the end of the twentieth century? To all these questions, a wide range of scholars here tries to find answers. In thorough and highly original contributions, they not only address theoretical problems, but also engage themselves in practical analyses of specific works.