The Nobel Prize in Literature in the Context of the Idea of World Literature

<ns3:p>The main goal of this essay is to discuss the Nobel Prize in literature in the context of the ideaof World Literature and its various concreti zations (from Johann Wolfgang Goethe to Georg Brandes,Itamar Even-Zohar, Pascale Casanova and David Damrosch). The essay focusses on the translationunderstood not only as a tool to win a literary prize, but also as a form of contact that bridgeslanguage barriers, cultural divides, and recognizes different ways of understanding the world.</ns3:p>