Episode 5: World Literature as a Mode of Writing

Authors

Daimys Garcia, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Mushtaq Bilal, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow

Document Type

Sound Recording

Publication Date

10-23-2018

Keywords

World Literature, Exit West, Mohsin Hamid, Nation-State, Writing

Abstract

In this episode Mushtaq Bilal--a Fulbright scholar from Pakistan working on his PhD in the Comparative Literature Department at Binghamton University--explains how he sees World Literature as a mode of writing. This mode of writing is one that is not dependent on the nation-state, and in fact, resists the nation-state. Mohsin Hamid's new book Exit West is the central example as to how one can start to think of a writing style that is both particular in its experiences but has a sense of anonymity in its location.

Recommended Citation

Garcia, Daimys and Bilal, Mushtaq, "Episode 5: World Literature as a Mode of Writing" (2018). Broadcasting World Literature. 5.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/broadcasting_world_literature/5