Exploring Postmodernism : selected papers presented at a workshop on Postmodernism at the XIth International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985 / edited by Matei Calinescu and Douwe Fokkema.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Călinescu, Matei.

Fokkema, Douwe Wessel, 1931-2011.

International Comparative Literature Association. Congress 1985 : Paris, France)

Series:

Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature ; 23.

Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature, 0167-8175 ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism--Congresses.

Literature, Modern.

Criticism--History--20th century--Congresses.

Criticism.

Postmodernism (Literature)--Congresses.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 cliché, 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.

Contents:

EXPLORING POSTMODERNISM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; General Problems; 1. Introductory Remarks: Postmodernism, the Mimetic and Theatrical Fallacies; REFERENCES; 2. Pluralism in Postmodern Perspective; NOTES; REFERENCES; 3. Teleology in Postmodern Fiction; REFERENCE; 4. Allegory, Hermeneutics, and Postmodernism; NOTES; REFERENCES; 5. Postmodern Italy: Notes on the ""Crisis of Reason"", ""Weak Thought,"" and The Name of the Rose; NOTES; REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; Analytical Criticism

6. New Nouns for Old: ""Language"" Poetry, Language Game, and the Pleasure of the Text REFERENCES; 7. Samuel Beckett and the Postmodernism Controversy; REFERENCES; 8. The Intrusive Author in British Postmodernist Fiction: The Cases of Alasdair Gray and Martin Amis; NOTE; REFERENCES; 9. Postmodern Characterization and the Intrusion of Language; REFERENCES; 10. Popular Genre Conventions in Postmodern Fiction: The Case of the Western; REFERENCES; 11. Reading One/Self Samuel Beckett, Thomas Bernhard, Peter Handke,John Barth, Alain Robbe-Grillet; 1. Crisis Situation in Art and Life

2. Reading as the Basis of Writing or, The Dialogic Imagination; 3. The Paradox of Narrative Refiguration; REFERENCES; Michel Leiris' Autobiography La Règle du jeu and Postmodernism; 1. Introduction; 2. Permutation; 3. Correction; 4. Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; 13. Narrative Discourse in Postmodernist Texts:The Conventions of the Novel and the Multiplication of Narrative Instances; The extra diegetic level; The intra- and hypodiegetic levels; The confounding of narrative levels; REFERENCES; Concluding Observations: Is There a Future for Research on Postmodernism?; REFERENCES; Notes on the Contributors References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-42459-2

9786613424594

90-272-7858-X

OCLC:

769344104