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do you guys think there is such a thing as national literature?
we talked about it in class yesterday and I am unsure about where i stand. i mean, i do think one could count e.g. the great american novels as national literature but then again, it still "belongs to the world". aren't all books like the same 7 stories with different names, places,... ?
and who writes the national lit of a country? someone who as born there, who lived there most of their life, a citizen of it?
maybe there is no such thing as a national literature. at least not in present day? mean everyone can go everywhere, travel is relatively cheap and easy and everyone is on the internet... isn't it weird to think of some lit works as national literature?
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