Earl Miner, Comparative Poetics and the Construction of World Poetics

Wang Ning

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6) : 30-37.

PDF(602 KB)
Welcome to Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, Jul. 27, 2025
PDF(602 KB)
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6) : 30-37.
Studies in Western Literary Theory

Earl Miner, Comparative Poetics and the Construction of World Poetics

Author information +
History +

Abstract

In the international circles of comparative literature and literary theory, comparative poetics dealing with literary theory still occupies a position although elite literature and its theory are impacted by cultural studies. In this aspect, American comparatist Earl Miner's pioneering contribution should not be neglected. Although Miner was not the first to shift scholarly attention to the study of Eastern comparative literature and literary theory, it may be argued that his intercultural explorations into comparative poetics have surpassed his precursors or contemporaries like René étiemble, Douwe Fokkema and James Liu, entering the field of general literary and theoretical studies. Miner's contribution not merely lies in expanding the domain of comparative poetics, but also anticipates the construction of world poetics. His unfortunate early death denies him further endeavor into the ambitious project. In the light of Miner's preliminary exploration, the present author tries to offer his own construction of a world poetics.

Key words

Earl Miner / comparative poetics / world poetics / universality / construction

Cite this article

Download Citations
WANG Ning. Earl Miner, Comparative Poetics and the Construction of World Poetics[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2014, 34(6): 30-37

References

Greenblatt, Stephen. “Towards a Poetics of Culture.” The New Historicism. Ed. H. Aram Veeser. New York and London: Routledge, 1989.
Liu, James. Chinese Theories of Literature. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975.
Miller, J. Hillis. On Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2002.
厄尔·迈纳:《比较诗学:文学理论的跨文化研究札记》,王宇根、宋伟杰等译。北京:中央编译出版社,1998年。
[Miner, Earl. Comparative Poetics: An Intercultural Essay on Theories of Literature. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1990.]
Said, Edward. “Traveling Theory.” The World, the Text, and the Critic. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.
Todorov, Tzvetan. “What Is Literature For?” New Literary History 38.1(2007):13-32.
Wang, Ning. “World Literature and the Dynamic Function of Translation.” Modern Language Quarterly 71.1 (2010): 1-14.
Zhang, Longxi. “Poetics and World Literature.” Neohelicon 38.2(2011): 319-327. 
PDF(602 KB)

2030

Accesses

0

Citation

Detail

Sections
Recommended

/