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@article{ART002265903},
author={Lee Jae Yon},
title={On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2017},
volume={48},
pages={325-359},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lee Jae Yon
TI - On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2017
VL - 48
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 325
EP - 359
SN - 1598-0685
AB - The works of a literary and cultural historian Franco Moretti are conspicuous in many ways. Trained in Marxism and Russian formalism, he participated in the construction of the New Left in England. Also, he interestingly interpreted the socialization of the individual through the genre of bildungsroman. Then, he shifted his research interest to the notion of world literature, and to explore its global scale, he developed his own quantitative approach combined with advanced computer technology in digital humanities. His recent publication reveals that Moretti conducted a social critique of the European bourgeois culture with his new quantitative method. His macroscopic view of literature and use of cutting-edge technology in his research inspire historians of Korean literature located in the so-called periphery of world literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the idea of world literature outlined by Franco Moretti by reviewing his method called “distant reading” and examples of such an approach. His distant reading is to construct a macroscopic archive through inclusion of forgotten works from literary history and to analyze morphological patterns that frequently appear in the archive. His book entitled Graphs, Maps, Trees is a collection of examples of which he applied distant reading. By delving into such cases, I will raise questions about Moretti’s macroscopic perspective of world literature in conjunction with Korean literature. As located at the periphery of global circulation of literary knowledge, Korea appropriated Western genres, established its literary institutions, and developed book markets through modern newspapers and magazines. This experience of furthering modern literature through periodicals would provide another view to revisit Moretti’s world literature.
KW - Franco Moretti;world literature;distant reading;Korean literature;periodical studies
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325
ER -

Lee Jae Yon. (2017). On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies. Cross-Cultural Studies, 48, 325-359.

Lee Jae Yon. 2017, "On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.48, pp.325-359. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325

Lee Jae Yon "On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies" Cross-Cultural Studies 48 pp.325-359 (2017) : 325.

Lee Jae Yon. On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies. 2017; 48 325-359. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325

Lee Jae Yon. "On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies" Cross-Cultural Studies 48(2017) : 325-359.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325

Lee Jae Yon. On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies. Cross-Cultural Studies, 48, 325-359. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325

Lee Jae Yon. On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2017; 48 325-359. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325

Lee Jae Yon. On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies. 2017; 48 325-359. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325

Lee Jae Yon. "On Franco Moretti’s World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies" Cross-Cultural Studies 48(2017) : 325-359.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2017.48..325