Dissemination of Lithuanian Literature: Becoming Part of World Literature Cover Image

Lietuvių literatūros sklaida: tampame pasaulinės literatūros dalimi
Dissemination of Lithuanian Literature: Becoming Part of World Literature

Author(s): Nijolė Maskaliūnienė
Subject(s): Lithuanian Literature, Sociology of Culture, Translation Studies, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Lithuanian literature; world literature; literature dissemination; literature dissemination policy; soft power, translation;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the policy of dissemination of national literature abroad as one of the soft power practices used for the formation of the image of the country and the country’s literature, created through the translated and published works of Lithuanian authors in foreign languages. It also reviews the current situation, the selection of the works to be translated, institutions and bodies in charge of this dissemination, and problems of the research on the reception of the works (authors) translated into foreign languages.

  • Issue Year: 63/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 86-98
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Lithuanian