Introduction: Speaking About Small Literatures in Their Own Language
Introduction: Speaking About Small Literatures in Their Own Language

Summary/Abstract: Relations between theory and practice are also very much the focus of the second section of this volume. “Speaking About Small Literatures in Their Own Language” was originally the title of a panel at the 21st congress of the International Comparative Literature Association held in Vienna in 2016. The panel was organized by Liina Lukas, Katre Talviste, Jeanne E. Glesener and Vanesa Matajc, and the call invited speakers to reflect upon the position of small literatures in the global literary space. The term ‘small literature’, in this context, designates a literary culture characterized by small number of authors and readers, limited international visibility and dissemination. Th e panel was intended to launch a discussion about the specificities of this type of literary culture and the search for ways of studying them independently of the categories and descriptive models originating from large and globally influential literatures. [...]

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