Theorising the Avant-Garde : Modernism, Expressionism, and the Problem of Postmodernity.

Richard Murphy mobilises theories of the postmodern to challenge our understanding of the avant-garde and assesses its importance for the debates among theorists of postmodernism such as Jameson, Eagleton, Lyotard and Habermas. Combining film and literature, this project will appeal to all those int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murphy, Richard (Richard John)
Otros Autores: Cascardi, Anthony J., 1953-, Macksey, Richard, 1931-2019
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Colección:Literature, culture, theory.
Temas:
1900-1999
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Modernism (Literature)
Expressionism in literature.
Postmodernism (Literature)
Littérature > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Modernisme (Littérature)
Expressionnisme dans la littérature.
Postmodernisme (Littérature)
Expressionism in literature
Littérature expérimentale.
Littérature.
20e siècle.
Avant-garde (Art)
Expressionnisme.
Théorie littéraire.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Theories of the avant-garde; 2 Re-writing the discursive world: revolution and the expressionist avant-garde; 3 Counter-discourses of the avant-garde: Jameson, Bakhtin and the problem of realism; 4 The poetics of hysteria: expressionist drama and the melodramatic imagination; 5 Kafka's photograph of the imaginary. Dialogical interplay between realism and the fantastic. (The Metamorphosis); 6 Weimar silent film and expressionism: representational instability and oppositional discourse in The Cabinet ofƒ
  • 7 Conclusion. Postmodernism and the avant-gardeBibliography; Index

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