Exploring Postmodernism
Selected papers presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the XIth International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985
Published on 1. January 1988
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Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-90-272-2200-8 (ISBN)
Description
The great diversity of contexts in which the term Postmodernism is currently encountered reflects the remarkable success of a coinage that has been in circulation for only about forty years. It has been used by philosophers, sociologists, art critics and literary historians to become, finally, a household word in the language of advertising and politics. Before letting it fade to a derelict cliche, an attempt is made in this volume of essays to use its potential as a cultural concept for the analysis and understanding of contemporary literature and thought.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2200-8 (9789027222008)
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Content
1. Preface (by Calinescu, Matei); 2. I. General Problems; 3. Introductory Remarks: Postmodernism, the Mimetic and Theatrical Fallacies (by Calinescu, Matei); 4. Pluralism in Postmodern Perspective (by Hassan, Ihab); 5. Teleology in Postmodern Fiction (by Szegedy-Maszak, Mihaly); 6. Allegory, Hermeneutics, and Postmodernism (by Spariosu, Mihai); 7. Postmodern Italy: Notes on the "Crisis of Reason", "Weak Thought", and The Name of the Rose (by Rosso, Stefano); 8. II. Analytical Criticism; 9. New Nouns for Old: "Language" Poetry, Language Game, and the Pleasure of the Text (by Perloff, Marjorie); 10. Samuel Beckett and the Postmodernism Controversy (by Mitchell, Breon); 11. The Intrusive Author in Bristish Postmodernist Fiction: The Cases of Alasdair Gray and Martin Amis (by Todd, Richard); 12. Postmodern Characterization and the Intrusion of Language (by Bertens, Hans); 13. Popular Genre Conventions in Postmodern Fiction: The Case of the Western (by D'haen, Theo); 14. Reading One/Self: Samuel Beckett. Thomas Bernhard, Peter Handke, John Barth, Alain Robbe-Grillet (by Hornung, Alfred); 15. Michel Leiris' Autobiography La Regle du jeu and Postmodernism (by Severijnen, Olav); 16. Narrative Discourse in Postmodernist Texts: The Conventions of the Novel and the Multiplication of Narrative Instances (by Musarra, Ulla); 17. Concluding Observations: Is There a Future for Research on Postmodernism? (by Fokkema, Douwe W.); 18. Notes on the Contributors; 19. References; 20. Index