Contemporary fiction and the uses of theory : the novel from structuralism to postmodernism

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Contemporary fiction and the uses of theory : the novel from structuralism to postmodernism

Michael Greaney

Palgrave Macmillian, 2006

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This book examines the representation, or "novelizations" of literary critical theory (structuralism, poststructuralism, postmodernism) in contemporary fiction, and traces an alternative history of the "theory wars" in the pages of contemporary fiction

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-180) and index

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This topical study examines the 'novelizations' of radical literary theory in the work of A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Umberto Eco, John Fowles, Richard Powers and many other leading novelists. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the 'post-theoretical novel', and traces an alternative history of the 'theory revolution' in recent literary fiction.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Fiction in(to) Theory The Structuralist Novel From Structuralism to Dialogics The Culture Wars and Beyond The Vanishing Author Foucauldian Fictions Feminism versus Poststructuralism Criminal Signs: Murder in Theory The Novel in Hyperreality Conclusion: Fiction After Theory Notes Bibliography Index

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