Global Comparative Literature in a World of Pandemics  

作　　者：Karen Thormber 

机构地区：[1]Harvard University

出　　处：《Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures》2022年第1期66-78,155,156,共15页外国语言与文化（英文）

摘　　要：Ours isa world of pandemics Intersecting with and frequently exacerbated by responses to the coronavirus pandemic have been numerous pandemics with much longer histories,including pandemics of other communicable diseases,as well as pandemics of non-communicable diseases,mental illness,addiction,systemicracism,socialinjustice,gender-based violence,and misinformation,all of which have been deeply intertwined with environmental degradation and climate disruption.In our era of multiple intensifying pandemics,not to mention often anemic humanities enrollments,it is crucial that comparative literature go more global:engaging more deeply with abroader array of texts,pathways,and processes than ever before with a focus on providing insights into global challenges and crises aswell as possibilities for ameliorationon avast scale.Thisessay focusesontwo examples the connections between disease and stigmaiand the connections between environmental crises and gender-based violence.

关 键 词：medical humanities health humanities environmental humanities gender-based violence 

分 类 号：R37[医药卫生—病原生物学]