The Aesthetics of Risk in Franco-East Asian Literatures

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Xiaofan Amy Li (University College, London)

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Cambridge University Press
19 February 2026

Literature: history & criticism; Literary theory; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: post-colonial literature

Series: Cambridge Studies in World Literature

The Aesthetics of Risk in Franco-East Asian Literatures is the first book that examines the concept of risk in non-anglophone world literature. Focusing on how risk is produced and reshaped by literary aesthetics, Li argues that risk is a creative rather than negative force in world literature. Instead of disaster narratives, Li approaches risk from the fresh perspective of ludic aesthetics, or playful, gamelike, illusionistic and experimental literary strategies. Comparatively analysing an original selection of texts by modern and contemporary French-Francophone and East Asian writers, each chapter focuses on a particular genre such as the novel, life-writing, poetry, and image-texts. The reimagination of risk in literature is revealed to be closely related to different forms of play such as structured games, masquerade, poetic and intermedial experimentation. Franco-East Asian literatures help us rethink risk in linguistically diverse and cross-cultural contexts, providing a new paradigm for comparative criticism and world literature.

By: Xiaofan Amy Li (University College London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 532g
ISBN: 9781009670227
ISBN 10: 1009670220
Series: Cambridge Studies in World Literature
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 19 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Xiaofan Amy Li is Associate Professor in Comparative Cultural Studies at University College London. She is the author of Comparative Encounters between Artaud, Michaux and the Zhuangzi (2015). She was Junior Research Fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford, and is a member of the International Comparative Literature Association's Research Committee on Literary Theory.