The Narrative Turn in Fiction and Theory

The Crisis and Return of Storytelling from Robbe-Grillet to Tournier
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48628-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature

The Narrative Turn in Fiction and Theory explores the philosophical and historical underpinnings of the postwar crisis and return of storytelling and shows their relevance for the ongoing debate on the significance of narrative for human existence.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meretoja, H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction PART I 2. Textual Labyrinths: Robbe-Grillet's Antinarrative Formalism 3. The Epistemology and Ontology of Antinarrativism 4. Ethics of Antinarrativity in the Post-War Context PART II 5. Re-Engagement with the World: Towards an Aesthetics of Dialogical Intertextuality 6. Narrative Hermeneutics and Dialogical Subjectivity 7. Ethics of Storytelling: History, Power, Otherness 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hanna Meretoja is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Tampere, Finland, Adjunct Professor and Research Fellow at the University of Turku, Finland, Visiting Professor at the American University of Paris, France, (2013-14) and leads the research project The Ethics of Storytelling and the Experience of History in Contemporary Arts (Emil Aaltonen Foundation, Finland, 2013-15). She has co-edited several books and published articles on forums such as New Literary History.