Generic instability and identity in the contemporary novel / edited by Madelena Gonzalez and Marie-Odile Pittin-Hedon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gonzalez, Madelena.

Pittin-Hédon, Marie-Odile.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction genres.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contemporary aesthetics is characterized by generic mixing on the level of both form and content. The barriers between different medias and different genres have been broken down in all literary art forms, whether it be theatre, poetry, or the novel. While the publishing industry is increasingly keen to label novels according to genre or sub-genre ("Chick Lit", "Lad Lit", "Gay fiction", "Scottish fiction", "New Historical Fiction", "Crime fiction", "Post-9/11 Fiction"), the novel itself (and ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CROSSING BORDERS AND TRANSFORMING GENRES; READING NARA'S DIARY OR THE DELUDING STRATEGIES OF THE IMPLIED AUTHOR IN THE RIFT; CONTAMINATED COPIES; THE PRAISE OF MONSTROSITY; CHAPTER TWO; AN UTTERLY CONTEMPORARY WORK OF FICTION? J. M. COETZEE'S DIARY OF A BAD YEAR; MELUSINIAN INTERTEXTUALITY IN A.S. BYATT'S METAPHORICAL METAMORPHOSING TALES; THE METAPHOR OF GENRE AND TEXT; CHAPTER THREE; VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF FICTION IN STRANGER ON A TRAIN BY JENNY DISKI; TALL, TALL STORIES

FINANCIAL, PICTORIAL, AND GENERIC SPECULATION(S) IN DEBORAH MOGGACH'S TULIP FEVERUNRULY NOVELS, UNRULY SELVES; CHAPTER FOUR; NOT FOR SALE, OR, THE POSTMODERNIST IDEOLOGY; THATCHER'S POSTMODERNISTS; DEFINING IDENTITY AND THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON FICTION; FICTION AFTER 9/11; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-46708-5

9786612467080

1-4438-1839-9

OCLC:

823720703