The volume combines historical and systematic aspects of world literature under consideration of recent approaches in literary studies, cultural studies, and media science. It discusses global knowledge and material, medial, and aesthetic dimensions, illustrating their variable historical and cultural criteria according to world regions. The interdisciplinary role of world literature is discussed in the context of the digital humanities.

Vittoria Borsò, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Schamma Schahadat, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.