Postirony: The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers - Couverture souple

Hoffmann, Lukas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3837636615 ISBN 13 : 9783837636611

Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2016

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Transcript Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3837636615
• ISBN 13: 9783837636611
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Coordonnées du fabricant: GPSR Kontakt; live@transcript-verlag.de; ; Hermannstraße 26; Bielefeld; 33602; Allemagne