# World Literature

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Category: Literature
Slides: 27
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:37.044Z
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## Summary

Almost everything you have not yet read. The English-speaking world publishes roughly 3% of its books in translation; in France, the figure is over 20%; in Germany, 12%; in Korea and Sweden, around 25%. The Anglophone reader's literary map is, by default, missing most of the world. Key sections include: World Literature.; A first word What is world literature?; Chapter I The translation question.; Chapter II The Arabic tradition.; Chapter III Persian.; Chapter IV Russian, beyond the giants.; Chapter V Chinese.; Chapter VI Japanese.; Chapter VII Korean.; Chapter VIII South Asian..

## Slide Outline

1. World Literature.
2. A first word What is world literature?
3. Chapter I The translation question.
4. Chapter II The Arabic tradition.
5. Chapter III Persian.
6. Chapter IV Russian, beyond the giants.
7. Chapter V Chinese.
8. Chapter VI Japanese.
9. Chapter VII Korean.
10. Chapter VIII South Asian.
11. Chapter IX African.
12. Chapter X Caribbean.
13. Chapter XI Latin American, after the Boom.
14. Chapter XII Northern Europe.
15. Chapter XIII Eastern Europe.
16. Chapter XIV South-East Asia and the Pacific.
17. Chapter XV Hebrew literature, modern.
18. Chapter XVI Indigenous literatures.
19. Chapter XVII The Nobel question.
20. Chapter XVIII Translators worth following.
21. Chapter XIX Twenty-eight from the world.
22. Chapter XX The forms outside the novel.
23. Chapter XXI Where to keep reading.
24. Chapter XXII Watch & read.
25. Chapter XXIII What this deck did not cover.
26. Chapter XXIV An invitation.
27. The end of the deck.

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