Contents

1. This chapter explores the depiction of the Napoleonic Wars in Victor Hugo's works.

2. The chapter discusses the socio-political allegory and misogynistic representations of the female body in Balzac's La Duchesse de Langeais.

3. Mishima Yukio’s experiences in New York theaters and intercultural drama creations are examined in this chapter.

4. The chapter delves into the Japanese left-wing cultural movement "Cultural Collective Village" and its literary practice.

5. The search for the "American Expression" is discussed in relation to Alejo Carpentier’s American Baroque and Magical Reality.

6. The chapter examines Rilke’s "Writing of Poverty" and its significance.

7. The imagination of the Global South through the Indian Ocean writing, with a case study of Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island, is explored.

8. Riffaterre on the intertextuality mechanism in the process of literary reading is the focus of this chapter.

9. The concept of "Topophrenia" as a keyword in critical theory is discussed.

10. The chapter explores the concept of "Ecological Imperialism" as a keyword in critical theory.

11. The liminal writing of Han Kang’s The Vegetarian is analyzed in this chapter.

12. The chapter examines the "Repetition" of Icarus-like characters in Yeosu and the ethical tone of Han Kang’s fiction.

13. On ecological narratives in Han Kang’s novels is the focus of this chapter.

14. A critical analysis of everyday violence in Han Kang’s fiction is presented in this chapter.

15. Han Kang’s We Do Not Part: Life Writing and Recontextualization of Historical Memory is critically analyzed in this chapter.

16. This chapter provides a review of Agnes Arnold-Forster’s Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion.