“The teaching of contemporary literature in universities is often, strangely, a fraught business when it comes to deciding which works should be prioritised and what contexts they should be taught in. Comparative with other contemporary works in the same language, from the same country? In terms of cultural co-ordinates, political and ethical similarities and differences? In terms of aesthetic and prosodic qualities or subterfuges? Or just because the teacher just likes or respects a particular work? “