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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... example, works to expose and undo hierarchies of power and advocates difference in order to let the countless victims of representations speak for themselves. It is this postmodernism that after the mid-19805 has informed what are now ...
... example, works to expose and undo hierarchies of power and advocates difference in order to let the countless victims of representations speak for themselves. It is this postmodernism that after the mid-19805 has informed what are now ...
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... examples include André Le Vot's “Disjunctive and Conjunctive Modes in Contemporary American Fiction” (1976), Bruce ... example, author and character, or contemporary character and historical figure — that cannot be reconciled with each ...
... examples include André Le Vot's “Disjunctive and Conjunctive Modes in Contemporary American Fiction” (1976), Bruce ... example, author and character, or contemporary character and historical figure — that cannot be reconciled with each ...
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... example of expressionist drama. As a caveat I should add that the interpretations of texts which are more complicated — more metaphorical, more fictional — tend to diverge more than the interpretations of simple messages. I maintain ...
... example of expressionist drama. As a caveat I should add that the interpretations of texts which are more complicated — more metaphorical, more fictional — tend to diverge more than the interpretations of simple messages. I maintain ...
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... example —, the idea that postmodernism was based on the principle of “anything goes” lost its attractiveness. The idea of a group code built on “anything goes,” on principles of nonselection (instead of quasi nonselection) came under ...
... example —, the idea that postmodernism was based on the principle of “anything goes” lost its attractiveness. The idea of a group code built on “anything goes,” on principles of nonselection (instead of quasi nonselection) came under ...
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... example of the last category with his novel The Name of the Rose. Thomas Bernhard, Manuel Puig, Salman Rushdie and others have certainly succeeded in reaching a large audience precisely by provoking it. Peter Handke has thematized the ...
... example of the last category with his novel The Name of the Rose. Thomas Bernhard, Manuel Puig, Salman Rushdie and others have certainly succeeded in reaching a large audience precisely by provoking it. Peter Handke has thematized 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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