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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... reflecting postmodernity, partly reacting to modernist literature and art. Most authors are aware of the distinction and many touch upon it in the course of their argument. Second, we are interested as much in the making and diffusion ...
... reflecting postmodernity, partly reacting to modernist literature and art. Most authors are aware of the distinction and many touch upon it in the course of their argument. Second, we are interested as much in the making and diffusion ...
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... reflected in their self-mocking uses of irony and more in general in the literary strategies that they used to give shape to their dilemma. But that does not mean that their work is not political. It is, moreover, often enough also ...
... reflected in their self-mocking uses of irony and more in general in the literary strategies that they used to give shape to their dilemma. But that does not mean that their work is not political. It is, moreover, often enough also ...
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... reflected in the various contributions that will follow — postmodernism in this sense is not. Taken in this sense, as a set of theoretical assumptions, or, even better, as the framework for an ongoing debate concerning the nature of ...
... reflected in the various contributions that will follow — postmodernism in this sense is not. Taken in this sense, as a set of theoretical assumptions, or, even better, as the framework for an ongoing debate concerning the nature of ...
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... reflected in the art that it produces. For Jameson postmodernism signals our helplessness vis-a—vis the postmodern world, and is therefore a deeply regrettable sign of the times. The thematic approach of postmodern literature had its ...
... reflected in the art that it produces. For Jameson postmodernism signals our helplessness vis-a—vis the postmodern world, and is therefore a deeply regrettable sign of the times. The thematic approach of postmodern literature had its ...
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... reflected on than if they strive to remain 'sound' or 'moderate' ” (Collini 1992: 10). And what does it mean if something is considered characteristic of something else? Isn't this plain reductionism, an attempt to overlook differences ...
... reflected on than if they strive to remain 'sound' or 'moderate' ” (Collini 1992: 10). And what does it mean if something is considered characteristic of something else? Isn't this plain reductionism, an attempt to overlook differences ...
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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