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The Novel After Theory (Hardcover)
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The Novel After Theory (Hardcover)
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Total price: R1,860
Discovery Miles: 18 600
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Novels began to incorporate literary theory in unexpected ways in
the late twentieth century. Through allusion, parody, or implicit
critique, theory formed an additional strand in fiction that raised
questions about the nature of authorship and the practice of
writing. Studying this phenomenon provides fresh insight into the
recent development of the novel and the persistence of modern
theory beyond the period of its greatest success. In this book,
Judith Ryan opens these questions to a range of readers, drawing
them into debates over the value of theory. Ryan investigates what
prompted fiction writers to incorporate and respond to theory
nearly thirty years ago. Designed for readers unfamiliar with the
complexities of theory, Ryan's book introduces the discipline's
major trends and controversies and notes the salient ideas of a
carefully selected set of individual thinkers. Ryan follows
novelists' adaptation to and engagement with arguments drawn from
theory as they translate abstract ideas into language, structure,
and fictional strategy. At the core of her book is a fascinating
microstudy of French poststructuralism in its dialogue with
narrative fiction. Investigating theories of textuality,
psychology, and society in the work of Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon,
J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Atwood, W. G. Sebald, and Umberto Eco, as
well as Monika Maron, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras,
Marilynne Robinson, David Foster Wallace, and Christa Wolf, Ryan
identifies subtle negotiations between author and theory and the
richness this dynamic adds to texts. Resetting the way we think and
learn about literature, her book reads current literary theory
while uniquely tracing its shaping of a genre.
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