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elliptical refraction: a standalone construct

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Comparative literature

world literature as writing that gains in translation and is read in a field shaped by both source and host cultures, like an ellipse with two foci.

In comparative literature, elliptical refraction refers to world literature as writing that gains in translation and is read in a field shaped by both source and host cultures, like an ellipse with two foci. This meaning comes from Damrosch (2003) in What Is World Literature?.[1]

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References

Damrosch, D. (2003). What Is World Literature?. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691188645

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