Rethinking Orient - In Search of Sources and Inspirations

The contributions in this book address a vast variety of questions concerning the sources and mutual inspirations in Oriental and European literatures. The authors discuss selected texts from both historical and synchronic perspectives. They reveal and scrutinise the sedimented layers in their search for the original as well as for the repetitive and universal. The book revolves around the creative reception of one's own cultural heritage and of works which originated in other cultures.

List of contents

Orient - Literature - Occident - Sources - Inspirations - Comparative literature - Translation studies - Asia and Africa literatures - Literature in European languages Sources and mutual inspirations in Oriental and European literatures - Historical and synchronic perspectives - Creative reception of one's own cultural heritage and of works which originated in other cultures

About the author

Adam Bednarczyk is Assistant Professor at the Department of Japanese Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University.
Magdalena Kubarek is Assistant Professor at the Center for Arabic Language and Culture, Nicolaus Copernicus University.
Maciej Szatkowski is Head of the Center for Chinese Language and Culture, Nicolaus Copernicus University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Adam Bednarczyk (Editor), Magdalena Kubarek (Editor), Maciej Szatkowski (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9783631717400
• ISBN: 978-3-631-71740-0
• No. of pages: 281
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 21 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Illustrations: 10 Abb.
• Series: Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature; Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature; Studies in East Asian Literatures and Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Eastern philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions