How Worlds are Made: Literatures, Translation, and the Question of the Universal

Weaving the work of Eileen Julien on the “extroverted” African novel throughout, this article considers arguments around the relationship of African literature to the notion of literary universality, with special attention to the position of African languages within these arguments. Novels by Kenyan...

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Published in:	Research in African literatures Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 78 - 92
Main Author:	Arenberg, Meg
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington Indiana University Press 22.09.2025
Subjects:	Achebe, Chinua African languages African literature Anglophones Debates French literature Kenyan literature Languages Novels Reading Social aspects Translations Translations and translating Writers Africa
ISSN:	0034-5210, 1527-2044, 1527-2044
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