Aside from the occasional controversy over "Official English" campaigns, language remains the blind spot in the debate over multiculturalism. Considering its status as a nation of non-English speaking aborigines and of immigrants with many languages, America exhibits a curious tunnel vision about cultural and literary forms that are not in English. How then have non-English speaking Americans written about their experiences in this country? And what can we learn - about America, immigration and ethnicity - from them? Arguing that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity, Multilingual America calls attention to - and seeks to correct - the linguistic parochialism that has defined American literary study. By bringing together essays on important works by, among others, Yiddish, Chinese American, German American, Italian American, Norwegian American, and Spanish American writers, Werner Sollors here presents a fuller view of multilingualism as a historical phenomenon and as an ongoing way of life. At a time when we are just beginning to understand the profound effects of language acquisition on the development of the brain, Multilingual America forces us to broaden what in fact constitutes American literature.
發表於2024-11-26
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圖書標籤: bilingualism
exploring non-English part of Asian-American tradition. reexamining Amelit and history in the light of multilingualism. making the move from English only to English plus. reconsidering nation-state framing of literary historiography. Sollor寫的intro從語言的角度梳理瞭美國文學史的曆史,尹曉煌和單德興從literary production的角度關注translation, publishing industry, marketing
評分exploring non-English part of Asian-American tradition. reexamining Amelit and history in the light of multilingualism. making the move from English only to English plus. reconsidering nation-state framing of literary historiography. Sollor寫的intro從語言的角度梳理瞭美國文學史的曆史,尹曉煌和單德興從literary production的角度關注translation, publishing industry, marketing
評分exploring non-English part of Asian-American tradition. reexamining Amelit and history in the light of multilingualism. making the move from English only to English plus. reconsidering nation-state framing of literary historiography. Sollor寫的intro從語言的角度梳理瞭美國文學史的曆史,尹曉煌和單德興從literary production的角度關注translation, publishing industry, marketing
評分exploring non-English part of Asian-American tradition. reexamining Amelit and history in the light of multilingualism. making the move from English only to English plus. reconsidering nation-state framing of literary historiography. Sollor寫的intro從語言的角度梳理瞭美國文學史的曆史,尹曉煌和單德興從literary production的角度關注translation, publishing industry, marketing
評分exploring non-English part of Asian-American tradition. reexamining Amelit and history in the light of multilingualism. making the move from English only to English plus. reconsidering nation-state framing of literary historiography. Sollor寫的intro從語言的角度梳理瞭美國文學史的曆史,尹曉煌和單德興從literary production的角度關注translation, publishing industry, marketing
Multilingual America 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載