Rethinking Orient

Adam Bednarczyk is Assistant Professor at the Department of Japanese Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University.Magdalena Kubarek is Assistant Professor at the Center for Arabic Language and Culture, Nicolaus Copernicus University.Maciej Szatkowski is Head of the Center for Chinese Language and Culture, Nicolaus Copernicus University.

• Orient – Literature – Occident – Sources – Inspirations – Comparative literature – Translation studies – Asia and Africa literatures – Literature in European languages Sources and mutual inspirations in Oriental and European literatures – Historical and synchronic perspectives – Creative reception of one’s own cultural heritage and of works which originated in other cultures