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i mean.. really. what is national lit?
to be nominated for a(n american) national book award in the states you have to be an american citizen and published by an american publisher.. but some people have a dual citizenship. where does the lit belong to then? both nations? the one the book was written in? the one the topic of the book fits best to? or do the authors decide themselves?
can one even match every work of literature with a nation?
can one see national literature as some kind of a ~genre~? stories from native peoples maybe or stories about important historical stuff.. but can't they be written by anyone? like, you don't have to be a native to write a story about native mythology or whatever
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