Exploring Postmodernism : selected papers presented at a workshop on Postmodernism at the XIth International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985
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Exploring Postmodernism : selected papers presented at a workshop on Postmodernism at the XIth International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985
(Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature, v. 23)
J. Benjamins, 1987
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Bibliography: p. [247]-262
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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.
Table of Contents
- 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
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