What is it about?
This is an essay responding to the articles on literary translingualism (the phenomenon of writers who write in more than one language of a language other than their primary one) published in a special issue of the Journal of World Literature.
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Why is it important?
Though literary translingualism is an ancient phenomenon, it has gained momentum in recent decades and it has attracted worldwide scholarly attention.
Perspectives
I am the author of The Translingual Imagination (2000), editor of Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft (2003), and author of the forthcoming Nimble Tongues: Studies in Literary Translingualism (2020). I have also coedited special issues of L2 Journal, Studies in the Novel, and Critical Multilingualism Studies on the subject of literary translingualism. I am also the co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism.
Dr. Steven G. Kellman
University of Texas at San Antonio
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This page is a summary of: Response to Special Issue of Journal of World Literature on Literary Translingualism, Journal of World Literature, June 2018, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/24056480-00302006.
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