Galin Tihanov
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
https://doi.org/10.53656/bel2022-1-GT
Abstract. Attention to the tensions between vernacular and cosmopolitan languages has been growing in recent years. This article discusses various aspects of vernacularity, focusing on Dante’s classic treatise, as well on twentieth-century authors, and reflects on its significance for how one understands ‘world literature’.
Keywords: vernacularity; world literature; Dante
