International Postmodernism
Theory and literary practice
Editors
| University of Utrecht
| University of Utrecht
Containing more than fifty essays by major literary scholars, International Postmodernism divides into four main sections. The volume starts off with a section of eight introductory studies dealing with the subject from different points of view followed by a section that deals with postmodernism in other arts than literature, while a third section discusses renovations of narrative genres and other strategies and devices in postmodernist writing. The final and fourth section deals with the reception and processing of postmodernism in different parts of the world.
Three important aspects add to the special character of International Postmodernism: The consistent distinction between postmodernity and postmodernism; equal attention to the making and diffusion of postmodernism and the workings of literature in general; and the focus on the text and the reader (i.e., the reader's knowledge, experience, interests, and competence) as crucial factors in text interpretation.
This comprehensive study does not expressly focus on American postmodernism, although American interpretations of postmodernism are a major point of reference. The recognition that varying literary and cultural conditions in this world are bound to produce endless varieties of postmodernism made the editors, Hans Bertens and Douwe Fokkema, opt for the title International Postmodernism.
Three important aspects add to the special character of International Postmodernism: The consistent distinction between postmodernity and postmodernism; equal attention to the making and diffusion of postmodernism and the workings of literature in general; and the focus on the text and the reader (i.e., the reader's knowledge, experience, interests, and competence) as crucial factors in text interpretation.
This comprehensive study does not expressly focus on American postmodernism, although American interpretations of postmodernism are a major point of reference. The recognition that varying literary and cultural conditions in this world are bound to produce endless varieties of postmodernism made the editors, Hans Bertens and Douwe Fokkema, opt for the title International Postmodernism.
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, XI] 1997. xvi, 581 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins B.V. / Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée
Table of Contents
I. Introductory Essays
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3
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15
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43
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51
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65
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75
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103
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II. Postmodernism in the Other Arts
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2.0 Introductory Note
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121
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123
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129
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141
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151
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157
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167
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III. Renovations and Innovations in Postmodernist Writing
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3.0 Introductory Note
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177
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3.1 Postmodernist Renovations of Narrative Genres
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183
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195
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203
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213
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221
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235
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3.2 Other Strategies and Devices in Postmodernist Writing
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243
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249
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257
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265
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273
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283
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IV. The Reception and Processing of Postmodernism
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4.0 Introductory Note
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297
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307
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4.2 Latin America
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315
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327
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4.3 Western and Southern Europe
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337
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353
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359
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375
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383
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387
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397
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405
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4.4. Central and Eastern Europe
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413
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419
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423
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429
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435
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441
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447
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451
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4.5 africa
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463
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469
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477
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491
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499
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511
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Contributors
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517
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Bibliography of secondary Sources
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523
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Subject Index
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553
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Index of Names
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558
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Fokkema, Douwe
Hoydis, Julia
Jimenez-Munoz, Antonio
Sui, Gang
Wang, Ning
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Subjects
Art & Art History
Literature & Literary Studies
BIC Subject: AC – History of art / art & design styles
BISAC Subject: ART015000 – ART / History / General