The question of power legitimacy and violence justification opens this discussion of the logic, epistemology and rhetoric of espionage. Going from the logical status of the statement “I spy” to Peirce’s abduction and to Descartes’ methodical doubt, the argument leads to disjunctions between policing and spying, and to a discussion of the “reading in the crossfire,” a characteristic of modern cultures of suspicion. Spy fiction is focused on in the last section of the article, which contains forays into two types of spy-readers: Ian Fleming’s entertaining James Bond and, more significantly, John le Carré’s melancholy George Smiley. In his methodical trappings, Smiley shows to be as crafty as Ur-detective Oedipus in his defusing of both the Sphinx and himself.
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In Policing Literary Theory
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
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- 19 Dec 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789004358515
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The Battle of the Brands
Romanian Literature Limping through the World
Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu
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The international recognition of Romanian literature faces a double challenge: first, the limited circulation of the Romanian language; second, the small number of translations and the non-systematic branding that this literature has enjoyed so far. This article discusses (1) the meanings of “branding”; (2) the ways in which the nationalist imp keeps hindering the branding of Romanian literature abroad, and highlights the historical and contemporary shortcomings of the branding of Romanian literary texts and authors; and (3) the current state-of-affairs, followed by a scenario for future action. The last section suggests ways of improving this branding by piggybacking on the international success of Romanian cinema and on a few award-winning Romanian writers, but especially by attempting to help create a class of professional middle-persons (cultural managers, literary agents and advertising professionals) who would systematically promote Romanian literature.
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In Journal of World Literature
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- 16 Feb 2018
- ISSN:
- 24056480
- Pages:
- 41–49
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- Journal
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Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Chapter
In Policing Literary Theory
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
- Published:
- 19 Dec 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789004358515
- Pages:
- 1–12
Series:
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Chapter
In Policing Literary Theory
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
- Published:
- 19 Dec 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789004358515
Series:
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Chapter
In Policing Literary Theory
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
- Published:
- 19 Dec 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789004358515
Series:
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Chapter
In Policing Literary Theory
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
- Published:
- 19 Dec 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789004358515
Series:
Edited by Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Contributors: Vladimir Biti, Reingard Nethersole, Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu, Sowon Park, Marko Juvan, Kyohei Norimatsu, Péter Hajdu, Norio Sakanaka, John Zilcosky, Yvonne Howell, and Takayuki Yokota-Murakami.