Identity, Narrative and PoliticsRoutledge, 4 apr 2014 - 192 pagina's Identity, Narrative and Politics argues that political theory has barely begun to develop a notion of narrative identity; instead the book explores the sophisticated ideas which emerge from novels as alternative expressions of political understanding. This title uses a broad international selection of Twentieth Century English language works, by writers such as Nadine Gordimer and Thomas Pynchon. The book considers each novel as a source of political ideas in terms of content, structure, form and technique. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the literature discussed, and will be fascinating reading for students of literature, politics and cultural studies. |
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... stories about oneself involves narrative techniques. Using modern novels as a reference point, Maureen Whitebrook asks what follows for political identity (be it of a person, group or nation) from taking the narrative element seriously ...
... stories about oneself involves narrative techniques. Using modern novels as a reference point, Maureen Whitebrook asks what follows for political identity (be it of a person, group or nation) from taking the narrative element seriously ...
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... modern novels have something to say about modern lives. Such novels exhibit - show in practice - features of narrative that are politically relevant, and their characters depict the problems of constructing identity. I draw from ...
... modern novels have something to say about modern lives. Such novels exhibit - show in practice - features of narrative that are politically relevant, and their characters depict the problems of constructing identity. I draw from ...
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... novels as accessible instances of narrative in practice. Turning to narratives — modern novels —allows for observation of how identity is constructed, through attention to content and form: plot and characterization; and narrative ...
... novels as accessible instances of narrative in practice. Turning to narratives — modern novels —allows for observation of how identity is constructed, through attention to content and form: plot and characterization; and narrative ...
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... novels that best account for aspects of Latin American national identities - hence 'foundational fictions' (Somer 1991; cf. Dolan 1994; Echevarria 1985). Modern novels While realist novels may seem the most accessible, with no apparent ...
... novels that best account for aspects of Latin American national identities - hence 'foundational fictions' (Somer 1991; cf. Dolan 1994; Echevarria 1985). Modern novels While realist novels may seem the most accessible, with no apparent ...
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... modern novels. There is a need to see the person in context, both extra-politically and across time, and to account for 'the dense construction of the normal individual', or the 'abnormalities' of the ordinary self (Connolly 1991; cf ...
... modern novels. There is a need to see the person in context, both extra-politically and across time, and to account for 'the dense construction of the normal individual', or the 'abnormalities' of the ordinary self (Connolly 1991; cf ...
Inhoudsopgave
2 The narrative construction of identity | |
3 Uncertain identity | |
4 Gaps and fragments | |
5 Contingency identity and agency | |
6 Coherent identity | |
7 Narrative identity and politics | |
8 Postscript | |
Notes | |
References | |
Index | |
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