Exploring Postmodernism
Selected papers presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the XIth International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20–24 August 1985
Editors
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.
[Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 23] 1988. viii, 262 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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PrefaceMatei Calinescu and Douwe W. Fokkema | p. v
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I. General Problems
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Introductory Remarks: Postmodernism, the Mimetic and Theatrical FallaciesMatei Calinescu | p. 3
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Pluralism in Postmodern PerspectiveIhab Hassan | p. 17
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Teleology in Postmodern FictionMihály Szegedy-Maszák | p. 41
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Allegory, Hermeneutics, and PostmodernismMihai Spariosu | p. 59
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Postmodern Italy: Notes on the “Crisis of Reason”, “Weak Thought”, and The Name of the RoseStefano Rosso | p. 79
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II. Analytical Criticism
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New Nouns for Old: “Language” Poetry, Language Game, and the Pleasure of the TextMarjorie Perloff | p. 95
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Samuel Beckett and the Postmodernism ControversyBreon Mitchell | p. 109
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The Intrusive Author in Bristish Postmodernist Fiction: The Cases of Alasdair Gray and Martin AmisRichard Todd | p. 123
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Postmodern Characterization and the Intrusion of LanguageHans Bertens | p. 139
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Popular Genre Conventions in Postmodern Fiction: The Case of the WesternTheo D’haen | p. 161
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Reading One/Self: Samuel Beckett. Thomas Bernhard, Peter Handke, John Barth, Alain Robbe-GrilletAlfred Hornung | p. 175
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Michel Leiris’ Autobiography La Règle du jeu and PostmodernismOlav Severijnen | p. 199
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Narrative Discourse in Postmodernist Texts: The Conventions of the Novel and the Multiplication of Narrative InstancesUlla Musarra | p. 215
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Concluding Observations: Is There a Future for Research on Postmodernism?Douwe W. Fokkema | p. 233
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Notes on the Contributors | p. 243
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Index | p. 263
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