Ethics and desire in the wake of postmodernism : contemporary satire
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Ethics and desire in the wake of postmodernism : contemporary satire
(Continuum literary studies)
Continuum, c2012
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Bibliography: p. [182]-190
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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"What is the significance of writing in the wake of postmodernism? The previous decade has seen a growing interest in criticism of postmodern ethics and aesthetics from theorists and writers. This book begins to answer what art form or critical methodology might take its place. Exploring the work of six contemporary novelists Bret Easton Ellis, J.G. Ballard, Will Self, Michel Houellebecq, Tama Janowitz and Chuck Palahniuk Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism delivers a series of interventions into six key areas of contemporary debate: fear, nihilism, revolution, ethics, enjoyment and feminism. The book goes on to develop an innovative critical methodology which reinvigorates the ability of art and literature to engage in ideological critique. Rather than valorising separatism, plurality or indeterminacy, this approach delivers a critical framework which enacts a radical de-centering of the fundamental coordinates of contemporary society. "
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. "You Do an Awfully Good Impression of Yourself" - Fear and Uncertainty in Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park
- 2. Nihilism and the Sublime in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club
- 3. Violence and the Multitude in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People
- 4. "Evil is to Morality as Magnolia is to Paint" Ethics and Aesthetics in Will Self's Dorian: An Imitation
- 5. Sex Tourism and the Politics of Enjoyment in Michel Houellebecq's Platform
- 6. Feminism, Satire and Critique in the Work of Tama Janowitz
- Bibliography
- Index.
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