John Barth (Routledge Revivals) - Couverture souple

Ziegler, Heide

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138829935 ISBN 13 : 9781138829930

Editeur : Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

John Barth represents most completely what has been termed postmodernism, not because his work comprises more postmodernist features than other contemporary writers but because, for Barth, "life" and "art" are two sides of the same coin.

In this brief study, first published in 1987, Heide Ziegler examines all Barth's novels. She argues that each pair of novels first "exhausts" and then "replenishes" those literary genres that hinge on a particular world view: the existentialist novel, the Bildungsroman, the Kunstlerroman, or the realistic novel. Through the division of labour between character and author Barth manages to develop a new mode of literary parody which projects itself beyond the mocked literary model and even self-parody into the realm of future fiction.

This book is ideal for students of literature and postmodern studies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Heide Ziegler

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138829935
• ISBN 13: 9781138829930
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
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