Literary Canon Formation as Nation-Building in Central Europe and the Baltics

Abstract This article considers the Francophone literary canon based on a transnational reception study. It focuses on the circulation of French language literature within the Swedish academic system during the last thirty years. A longitudinal empirical study of bachelor and doctoral dissertations in French between 1986 and 2016 allows the author to examine the dynamics of canon formation and renewal, as well as the role of universities in this process, particularly in regard to the creation of a canon of Francophone literary works. In response to recent scholarly anthologies which have debated the Francophone canon, this study is able to confirm the existence of Francophone classics. Finally, it is argued that further reception studies focusing on areas outwith the Francophone literary system will be of prime importance if the question of the Francophone canon is to be fully assessed beyond the immediate context of the Hexagone.

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From a double margin: Anglophone translation of women's writing from Croatia and Serbia

Reci, Beograd ◽

10.5937/reci2013029f ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (13) ◽

pp. 29-41

Author(s):

Sibelan Forrester

Keyword(s):

Women Writers ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

Women's Writing ◽

Literary Canon ◽

Canon Formation ◽

Literary Works ◽

Global Context ◽

Women’S Writing

This article examines Anglophone translations of women's writing from Eastern Europe with particular focus on writers from Croatia and Serbia. After outlining the presences and absences of these women writers in Anglophone translations, it raises some questions about the significance of gender in literary canon formation and the emergence of literary works into a global context through translation.

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Border politics in Central Europe: Hungary and the role of national scale and nation-building

Geographia Polonica ◽

10.7163/gpol.0101 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 91 (1) ◽

pp. 17-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

James Wesley Scott

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Nation Building ◽

National Scale ◽

Border Politics

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Slavic Federation and “Free Union”, or Ukrainian Debates on Federalism in the “Long XIX Century”

Problems of World History ◽

10.46869/2707-6776-2017-4-6 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 86-99

Author(s):

G. Korolyov

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

French Revolution ◽

Nation Building ◽

Napoleonic Wars ◽

East Central Europe ◽

East Central ◽

Decisive Influence ◽

The Federalist ◽

Xix Century

The article describes the development and perception of federalism by Ukrainian intellectuals in the “long XIX century”. The genesis of federalist ideas in East Central Europe is highlighted under the influence of the Great French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Federalist projects of Masonic and Decembrist organizations were analyzed, which had a decisive influence on the Ukrainian debate on federalism; considered the interpretation of federalist utopias of the Cyril and Methodius’ Brotherhood, particularly his ideologist M. Kostomarov. The thesis on the intellectual interactions between various federalist ideas of Ukrainian intellectuals was proved. The federalist views of M. Dragomanov, who became one of the most outstanding federalist speakers in Europe, are highlighted in the context of nation-building. His project “Vilna Spilka-Volny Soyuz” (“Free Union”) is regarded as a classical federalist utopia.

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The Mediatized Zlatan, Made by Sweden

Nordicom Review ◽

10.1515/nor-2015-0013 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 3-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cristine Sarrimo

Keyword(s):

Present Article ◽

Speech Acts ◽

Life Story ◽

Literary Canon ◽

Canon Formation ◽

Mass Market ◽

Digital Network ◽

National Icon

Abstract The present article analyses the mediatization of the brand and celebrity Zlatan Ibrahimović using the reception and marketing of the footballer’s life story and autobiography as its main case. It is shown that the construction of a myth such as Ibrahimović transcends the materiality of the book as well as geographical, vernacular and media boundaries, as it is constituted as content in a digital network that produces signification. This ‘Zlatan content’ is framed by national Swedish values and a traditional Western myth of individual masculine excellence. It is also marked by emotions, class and race, telling a tale about the marginalized emotive immigrant becoming both a national icon and part of an imaginary Western ghetto experience and global literary canon formation. It is argued that the performance of excitable speech acts is crucial in the mediatization and branding of mass market literature and celebrities such as Ibrahimović.

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