Anita Traninger.‘What is Literature? A Research Bibliography (Resource)’. Articulations (January 2024): https://articulations.temporal-communities.de.

There is widespread consensus that it is quite unclear what “literature” actually “is”. This consensus has, on the one hand, long entered the handbooks and introductions of literary studies. On the other hand, volumes and chapters bearing the exact same title ‘What is literature?’ abound, each admittedly struggling to present a unified perspective, despite the fact that these takes are typically offered from within universities’ literature departments and other literary institutions. As a Source to her contribution Modelling “Literature”, Anita Traninger has curated a research bibliography on the topic ‘What is Literature?’

What is Literature? A Research Bibliography

Amigoni, David, and Julie Sanders. Get Set for English Literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474463911-002.
Badiou, Alain, and Alistair Clarke. “Qu’est-Ce Que La Littérature Pense? (Literary Thinking).” Paragraph 28, no. 2 (2005): 35–40. https://doi.org/10.3366/para.2005.28.2.35.
Badir, Sémir. “Qu’est-ce que la littérature ?” COnTEXTES [En ligne], 2013. https://doi.org/10.4000/contextes.5607.
Bauer, Elisabeth Carolin. Frankophone digitale Literatur. Geschichte, Strukturen und Ästhetik einer neuen Mediengattung. Bielefeld: transcript, 2016. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839434987-001.
Beyrie, Jacques. Qu’est-ce qu’une littérature nationale? Écriture, identité, pouvoir en Espagne. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 1994.
Brunel, Pierre, Claude Pichois, and André Marie Rousseau. Qu’est-ce que la littérature comparée? Paris: Colin, 1983.
Burns, Maggie. “What Is Global Literature?” WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom 4, no. 3 (2012): 14–16. https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/iv3/7/.
Buschmeier, Matthias. “Was ist Literatur? Zum philologischen Gegenstand bei A. W. Schlegel.” Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie 137, no. Sonderheft: August Wilhelm Schlegel und die Philologie (2018): 225–51.
Cademartori, Ligia. O que é literatura infantil. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 2010.
Castagnino, Raúl H. Qué es literatura? Naturaleza y función de lo literario. Buenos Aires: Nova, 1954.
Cerqueiras, Vera, and Mariel Soriente. “¿Qué es literatura? respuestas en EGB III y polimodal.” Buenos Aires: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Católica Argentina, 2003.
Chapman, Rosemary. What Is Québécois Literature? Reflections on the Literary History of Francophone Writing in Canada. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2013.
Cloete, Theunis Theodorus. Wat is literatuur? Potchefstroom: Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 1984.
Compagnon, Antoine. What Is Literature for? Inaugural Lecture Delivered on Thursday 30 November 2006. Translated by Liz Libbrecht. Leçons Inaugurales Du Collège de France. Paris: Collège de France, 2014.
Cornilliat, François, Ullrich Langer, and Douglas Kelly, eds. What Is Literature? France 1100 – 1600. Lexington, KY: French Forum, 1993.
Coulmas, Danae. “Karl Kohut — ‘Was ist Literatur? Die Theorie der “littérature engagée” bei Jean-Paul Sartre.’” Romanistisches Jahrbuch 18 (1967): 195–99.
Crawford, Margo N. What Is African American Literature? Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119123354.
Crescenzo, Richard. “What is literature? France 1100-1600.” Revue d’Histoire littéraire de la France 94, no. 6 (1994): 1056–1056.
Deguy, Jacques. Sartre. Une écriture critique. Edited by Jacques Deguy. Villeneuve d’Ascq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2010. http://books.openedition.org/septentrion/16440.
Drouglazet, Nathalie. “La langue blessée d’Echo, ou, qu’est-ce que la littérature d’expression française?” Ph.D., Boston College, 2004.
Du Bos, Charles. Qu’est-ce que la littérature? Translated by François Mauriac. Paris: Plon, 1945.
Du Bos, Charles. Che cos’è la letteratura?: quattro lezioni americane. Edited by Adriano Marchetti. Rimini: Panozzo, 1996.
Du Bos, Charles. What Is Literature? London: Sheed & Ward, 1940.
Eagleton, Terry. Einführung in die Literaturtheorie. Translated by Elfi Bettinger and Elke Hentschel. Sammlung Metzler. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2012.
Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Anniversary edition. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008.
Engelmeier, Hanna. “Was ist die Literatur in »Digitale Literatur«?” Merkur 71, no. 823 (2017): 31–45.
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, Helmut Kuhn, and Gerhard Funke, eds. Was ist Literatur? Phänomenologische Forschungen 11. Freiburg: Alber, 1981.
Gans, Eric. “Qu’est-Ce Que La Littérature, Aujourd’hui?” New Literary History 38, no. 1 (2007): 33–41.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. “Introduction: ‘Tell Me, Sir,… What Is “Black” Literature?’” PMLA 105, no. 1 (1990): 11–22. https://www.jstor.org/stable/462339.
Gatti, Maurizio. “Qu’est-ce que la littérature, amérindienne francophone du Québec?” Ph.D., Université Laval, 2004.
Gibson, Arthur. What Is Literature? Oxford/Bern/Berlin [u.a]: Peter Lang, 2007.
Goebel, Eckart, and Wolfgang Klein, eds. “WAS IST LITERATUR?” In Literaturforschung Heute. United States: De Gruyter, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783050075716.
Gottschalk, Jürn, ed. Was ist Literatur? Basistexte Literaturtheorie. KunstPhilosophie 7. Paderborn: Mentis, 2006.
Grabes, Herbert. Fiktion – Imitation – Ästhetik: was ist “Literatur”? Tübingen: Deutsches Institut Für Fernstudien, 1981.
Grimm, Thomas. “Was ist Literatur? Versuch einer Explikation des erweiterten Literaturbegriffs.” Ph.D., Universität des Saarlandes, 2000.
Grosser, Hermann. Questioni e strumenti: che cos’è la letteratura? – metodologie critiche analisi metrica, retorica, narratologica – i critici. Il sistema letterario. Milano: Principato, 1996.
Grover, P. R. “The Relevance of Sartre’s ‘Qu’est-Ce Que La Littérature?’” Critical Survey 3, no. 1 (1966): 42–51.
Haapala, Arto. What Is a Work of Literature? Acta Philosophica Fennica 46. Helsinki: The Philosophical Society of Finland, 1989.
Haraldsen, Mats. “Qu’est-ce que la littérature engagée ?” Ph.D., Universitetet i Oslo, 2019. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-72527.
Hernadi, Paul, ed. What Is Literature? Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978.
Hirsch, E.D., Jr. “What Isn’t Literature?” In What Is Literature?, edited by Paul Hernadi, 24–46. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978.
Hohoff, Curt. Was ist christliche Literatur? Freiburg i. Br.: Herder, 1966.
Hombravella, Francisco J. Che cos’è la letteratura. Grandi temi. Novara: Istituto geografico De Agostini, 1976.
Hotte, Lucie. “Qu’est-ce que la littérature… franco-ontarienne ?” Nuit blanche 62 (1995): 42–45.
Hvidtfeldt Madsen, Karen. “Hvad er litteratur?” In Om litteratur. Metoder og perspektiver, edited by Leif Søndergaard, 17–34. Århus: Systime, 2003.
Joubert, Jean-Louis. “Qu’est-Ce Qu’une Littérature Francophone?” Francofonia 22 (1992): 19–29.
Juni Ahyar. Apa itu sastra. Jenis-jenis karya sastra dan bagaimanakah cara menulis dan mengapresiasi sastra. Yogyakarta: Deepublish, 2019.
Kaus, Rainer J., and Hartmut Günther, eds. Was ist Literatur? / What is literature? Literaturwissenschaft 65. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2017.
Kellman, Steven G. “¿Qué Es Literatura Translingual?” American Book Review 35, no. 5 (2014): 6–6. https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2014.0112.
Kohut, Karl. “Was ist Literatur? Die Theorie der ‘littérature engagée’ bei Jean-Paul Sartre.” Ph.D., Universität Marburg, 1965.

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