Narrative Desire and Historical Reparations: A.S. Byatt, Ian McEwan, and Salman Rushdie (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory) - Hardcover

Buch 91 von 155: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Gauthier, Timothy

 
9780415975414: Narrative Desire and Historical Reparations: A.S. Byatt, Ian McEwan, and Salman Rushdie (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415975417 ISBN 13: 9780415975414
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This book examines and explains the obsession with history in the contemporary British novel. It frames these historical novels as expressions of narrative desire, highlighting the reciprocal relationship between a desire to disclose and to rid ourselves of anxieties elicited by the past. Scrutinizing representative novels from Byatt, McEwan and Rushdie, contemporary fiction is revealed as capable of advocating a viable ethical stance and as a form of authentic commentary. Our anxieties often exist in response to what might be perceived as the oppression or eradication of values, whether this is through the modern repudiation of Victorian principles (Byatt), the Western rethinking of Enlightenment narratives in light of the Holocaust (McEwan), or pluralism threatened by religious fundamentalism (Rushdie). Each of these novelists differentially employs postmodern artifice, sometimes as a way to reject the notion of historical construction, sometimes to advocate for it, but always to bring us closer to what the author believes are significant values and truths, rather than relativism. The representative qualities of these novels serve to highlight themes, concerns, and anxieties present in many of the works of each author and by extension those of their contemporaries.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Timothy S. Guathier is Assistant Professor in Residence in University College, a college offering an interdisciplinary degree, at UNLV. His primary are of interest is contemporary fiction, specializing in English and Irish literature. Presently he is working on a study of closure in the contemporary novel.

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Verlag
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0415975417
ISBN 13 
9780415975414
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
222
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Routledge
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