Question

What is National Literature and World Literature ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Goethe famously stated in letters to Johann Eckermann in 1827, “National literature is now a rather unmeaning term; the epoch of world literature is at hand, and everyone must strive to hasten its approach.” World Literature, in the modern sense, refers to literary works that are translated into multiple languages.

Answer 2

Explanation:

the national literature is “the progressive revelation, age by age, of nation's mind and characteracter.” History of any nation's literature is “the record of the unfolding of that nation's genius and caracter under one of its most important forms of literature.World literature is used to refer to the total of the world's national literature and the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. ... Many scholars assert that what makes a work considered world literature is its circulation beyond its country of origin..