International Postmodernism: Theory and literary practiceHans Bertens, Douwe W. Fokkema John Benjamins Publishing, 20 févr. 1997 - 581 pages Containing more than fifty essays by major literary scholars, International Postmodernism divides into four main sections. The volume starts off with a section of eight introductory studies dealing with the subject from different points of view followed by a section that deals with postmodernism in other arts than literature, while a third section discusses renovations of narrative genres and other strategies and devices in postmodernist writing. The final and fourth section deals with the reception and processing of postmodernism in different parts of the world. Three important aspects add to the special character of International Postmodernism: The consistent distinction between postmodernity and postmodernism; equal attention to the making and diffusion of postmodernism and the workings of literature in general; and the focus on the text and the reader (i.e., the reader's knowledge, experience, interests, and competence) as crucial factors in text interpretation. This comprehensive study does not expressly focus on American postmodernism, although American interpretations of postmodernism are a major point of reference. The recognition that varying literary and cultural conditions in this world are bound to produce endless varieties of postmodernism made the editors, Hans Bertens and Douwe Fokkema, opt for the title International Postmodernism. |
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... definition proposed by George A. Miller, which includes the necessity of a “prior agreement between the source and destination” about the representation of meaning (Miller 1951: 7). This condition can apply only to artificial codes, not ...
... definition proposed by George A. Miller, which includes the necessity of a “prior agreement between the source and destination” about the representation of meaning (Miller 1951: 7). This condition can apply only to artificial codes, not ...
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... definition of post— modernism as “fundamentally contradictory, resolutely historical, and inescapably political” (1988: 4). The “anything goes” variety of postmodernism is still with us, but rather in literatures which are far removed ...
... definition of post— modernism as “fundamentally contradictory, resolutely historical, and inescapably political” (1988: 4). The “anything goes” variety of postmodernism is still with us, but rather in literatures which are far removed ...
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... definition. One thing is certain: it is easier to characterize and describe early or “high” postmodernism than its recent diversifications. I shall therefore focus here on the postmodernism of the 19605 and the 19705, and only ...
... definition. One thing is certain: it is easier to characterize and describe early or “high” postmodernism than its recent diversifications. I shall therefore focus here on the postmodernism of the 19605 and the 19705, and only ...
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... definition and evaluation of a wide range of philosophical ideas and cultural practices, lumped under the heading of postmodernism. One of the chief questions asked about these ideas and practices was: “Does post— modernism have a ...
... definition and evaluation of a wide range of philosophical ideas and cultural practices, lumped under the heading of postmodernism. One of the chief questions asked about these ideas and practices was: “Does post— modernism have a ...
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... definition of obscenity in art and the use of public funds to support unpopular art — and which almost led to the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Arts, the government organization that had provided some funding for the ...
... definition of obscenity in art and the use of public funds to support unpopular art — and which almost led to the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Arts, the government organization that had provided some funding for the ...
Table des matières
Section 2 Postmodernism in the Other Arts | 119 |
Section 3 Renovations and Innovations in Postmodernist Writing | 175 |
Section 4 The Reception and Processing of Postmodernism | 295 |
Contributors | 517 |
Bibliography of Secondary Sources | 523 |
Subject Index | 553 |
Index of Names | 558 |
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