Neien Artikel: Glesener – Towards a Definition of Small Literatures – Infolux – Fuerschungsportal iwwert d'Lëtzebuergescht

Wat si kleng Literaturen ? Hänken se vun demographeschen Donnéeën, dem Status vun hire Sproochen, d‘Unzuel u Publikatiounen an Auteuren an dem Accès op Iwwersetzungen of? Oder zeechnen se sech duerch hier Positioun am globale Weltliteratursystem aus, wou verschidde literaresch Kulturen hyperpresent sinn, wärend anerer fir hier Visibilitéit musse kämpfen? Och fir d’Lëtzebuerger Literatur sinn dës Froe grondleeënd. An dësem Artikel iwwerleet d’Jeanne Glesener zesumme mam Marko Juvan aus Slowenien an dem Benedikts Kalnacs aus Lettland wéi een dës Froe mat Perspektiven aus der Komparatistik, der Literatursoziologie an der Weltliteraturfuerschung kann ugoen.

Abstract

Jeanne E. Glesener (University of Luxembourg), Marko Juvan (ZRC SAZU – Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies), Benedikts Kalnacs (University of Latvia):
Towards a Definition of Small Literatures

This article examines the concept of small literature and emphasises its peripheral position in the world literary system. Drawing on theories from comparative literature, translation studies, postcolonial studies and world-systems analysis, the historical and methodological debates on small literatures are examined. The discussion traces the early perspectives of comparative literature and the influence of Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of minor literature, and assesses contemporary scholarly contributions, including translation studies and geocultural approaches. Distinguishing small literatures from migrant and minority literatures, the article highlights their unique dynamics, including their polyfunctionality, multilingualism, limited repertoires, self-reflexive discourse, impeded global circulation, lack of metropolitan recognition, and diverse strategies of worlding. The study proposes a refined definition of small literature, based on quantitative and qualitative criteria and taking into account its geopolitical, linguistic and institutional dimensions, in order to provide a comprehensive framework for further research.

Key words: Small literatures; Comparative literature; Systemic world literature; Centre-periphery; Literary system; Definition

Open Access: https://www.peterlang.com/document/1719278#

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Von Jeanne E. Glesener 13. Juni 2026

Autor: Jeanne E. Glesener

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