
The Search for a New Alphabet
Literary studies in a changing world
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 13. June 1996
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Paperback/Softback
326 pages
978-90-272-2156-8 (ISBN)
Description
Literary Studies is currently going through a deep transformation, preparing itself for the launch into the twenty-first century.
The present volume, which is dedicated to Douwe Fokkema on the occasion of his retirement from Utrecht University, captures this transformation in a number of squibs by a select international group of scholars. Topics dealt with are: canon formation, conventions, cultural relativism, hermeneutics vs. empirical studies, and the problem of values, all themes very much central to current discussions in comparative literature and literary theory. Taken together they form a variegated picture of a discipline in a changing world, continually involved, so to speak, in 'The Search for a New Alphabet.'
The present volume, which is dedicated to Douwe Fokkema on the occasion of his retirement from Utrecht University, captures this transformation in a number of squibs by a select international group of scholars. Topics dealt with are: canon formation, conventions, cultural relativism, hermeneutics vs. empirical studies, and the problem of values, all themes very much central to current discussions in comparative literature and literary theory. Taken together they form a variegated picture of a discipline in a changing world, continually involved, so to speak, in 'The Search for a New Alphabet.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2156-8 (9789027221568)
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Literary studies in a changing world
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Content
1. Preface; 2. The Art of Being Anti-Conventional: The Case of the Prose Poem (by Andringa, Els); 3. From Over-Confidence to Clear and Present Danger: Comparative Literature and Intellectual Fashion (by Bertens, Hans); 4. Literature, Cultural Relativism and the Efficacy of Cognitive (by Bessiere, Jean); 5. Hermeneutics as a Quest for Literary Conjunctions and Conjectures (by Block de Behar, Lisa); 6. Ancient Lyric Poetry and Modern Theory (by Boeft, Jan den); 7. Fact and Fiction: Isocrates on Truth and the Rules for the Encomium (by Bons, Jeroen); 8. Dialogue and Direct Discourse (by Brandsma, Frank); 9. To Purify the Language (by Bronzwaer, Wim); 10. Towards the Study of the Canon in Brazilian Literature: Machado de Assis and Jean-Ferdinand Denis (by Carvalhal, Tania Franco); 11. Semiotics and Liberal Arts Education (by Chang, Han-liang); 12. On the Need for New Comparative Literature Handbooks (by Chevrel, Yves); 13. To Join Instruction with Delight: On Literary Studies and Literary History (by Coetzee, Ampie); 14. Globalization and Literary Value (by Dev, Amiya); 15. Cultural Values in a Multicultural Perspective (by Dijkstra, Katinka); 16. Ployfunctional or Monofunctional Language? (by Dolezel, Lubomir); 17. Canons in Linguistic, Stylistic and Literary Competence (by Enkvist, Nils Erik); 18. Historical Referentiality as a Condition of Literary History (by Gillespie, Gerald); 19. The Parnassus of the Twenty-First Century Turns into a K2 (by Glas, Frank de); 20. Daughter of Theology (by Goedegebuure, Jaap); 21. Literary Genres and Intercultural (Mis)Understanding (by Gorp, Hendrik van); 22. Brutalization of Cultural and Universal Values in Marlene van Niekerk's Triomf: Relativity of Cultural Relativism or Redefinition of Universal Validity? (by Graebe, Ina); 23. The Conventions of Interpretation (by Ibsch, Elrud); 24. Post-Totalitarian Culture in a Postmodern Labyrinth: From the Perspective of Poland (by Janaszek-Ivanickova, Halina); 25. Theory, Theories, Theorizing and Cultural Relativism (by Kushner, Eva); 26. Literary Theory and the Dynamics of the Media Age: Static versus Dynamic Models (by Lambert, Jose); 27. Censorship and Literature in a Democratic South Africa (by Lange, Margreet de); 28. Against Interpretation: Hermeneutics and Empirical Studies (by Lernhout, Geert); 29. Justifying the Canon (by Livingston, Paisley); 30. Canons and Comparatists (by Miner, Earl); 31. Canons in Context (by Moerbeek, Jozien); 32. Interpretation and Explanation (by Mooij, J.J.A.); 33. Influence versus Intertextuality (by Musarra, Ulla); 34. The Structure of Literary Revolutions (by Neubauer, John); 35. Cultural Relativism and Models for Literary Studies (by Ben-Porat, Ziva); 36. Where Invention and Representation Meet (by Rigney, Ann); 37. Should We Have Insured Ourselves Against Nietzsche? (by Ruiter, Frans); 38. Northrop Frye and the Problem of Cultural Values: The Case of Canada (by Runte, Roseann); 39. Empirical Studies of Literature - What Else? (by Schmidt, Siegfried J.); 40. Cultural and Literary Identity: Disease or Medicine? A Dialogue with Douwe Fokkema (by Segers, Rien T.); 41. Literary Studies, Media and Low Culture: Some Minor Clues for a Major Topic (by Seixo, Maria Alzira); 42. Traveling Theory: A Twisting Movement (by Shen, Dan); 43. Uniqueness and Contingency (by Steinmetz, Horst); 44. An Ambiguous Story: Sartre's Depaysement between Modernist and Existentialist Conventions (by Stralen, Hans van); 45. Genology: In Search of Adequacy (by Strydom, Leon); 46. Diary as Narrative: Theory and Practice (by Suleiman, Susan Rubin); 47. Universalism and Cultural Relativism (by Szegedy-Maszak, Mihaly); 48. Flaubert and the Transformation of Idyll (by Thusen, Joachim von der); 49. Political Satire in Hungarian Exile Literature: Systemic Considerations (by Totosy de Zepetnek, Steven); 50. Between Prise de Position and Habit-Taking: The Contribution of Operative Semantics to the Semiotics of Culture (by Turk, Horst); 51. Hermeneutics and Empirical Studies (by Valdes, Mario J.); 52. Yardstick or Straight Jacket? Notes on the Process of Canonization (by Coller, Hennie P. van); 53. The Ambiguity of Canon Issues in Modernism: A Praxiological Approach (by Vervliet, Raymond); 54. Once upon a Time there Was a Researcher ... A "Historical" Approach to the State of Art of German Literary Studies at the End of the Second Millenium (by Viehoff, Reinhold); 55. Literature in the Mass Media: The Challenge of Changing Enunciative and Receptive Modalities (by Vlasselaers, Joris); 56. Cultural Relativism and the Future of Comparative Literature: An Oriental Perspective (by Ning, Wang); 57. Should Literary Studies Be Unreadable? (by Weisgerber, Jean); 58. Holier Than Thou: Literature, Science and the Empirical Turn (by Wesseling, Elisabeth); 59. Something New From the Old Alphabet: A Match for Giono, Borges and Calvino? (by Wiersma, Sytze); 60. From Cultural Relativism to Cultural Respect (by Heh-Hsiang, Yuan); 61. Western Literary Theory in China 1985-1995 (by Daiyun, Yue); 62. How Empirical is the Empirical Study of Literature? (by Zwaan, Rolf A.)