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Postirony: The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers (Lettre) - Softcover

Lukas Hoffmann

 
9783837636611: Postirony: The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers (Lettre)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3837636615 ISBN 13: 9783837636611
Verlag: transcript, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form of sincerity.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lukas Hoffmann (PhD) is head of studies and teaches narratology at the Academy of Performing Arts BW. His research interests include contemporary literature, narrative ethics, reader-response criticism, and post-theory.

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What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and – unfortunately – used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally – they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new – namely, a new form of sincerity.

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Verlag
transcript
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3837636615
ISBN 13 
9783837636611
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
210
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