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The fall of literary theory : a 21st century return to deconstruction and poststructuralism, with applications /
The book revives literary theory, which was popular at the end of the 20th century, with the purpose of showing how useful it is in the current century in opening the minds of students to the dangers of claiming to have a fixed identity. It shows that in Western cultures identity is a construct that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Irvine, California :
BrownWalker Press/Universal Publishers, Inc.,
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The book revives literary theory, which was popular at the end of the 20th century, with the purpose of showing how useful it is in the current century in opening the minds of students to the dangers of claiming to have a fixed identity. It shows that in Western cultures identity is a construct that always sees individuals as lacking something (being fallen) that can be retrieved or gained at the expense of an Other, an adversary seen as standing in the way of identity fulfillment. The history of "fallenness" is expressed through an analysis of Melville's Billy Budd, Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. The book also shows ways to heal identity through an analysis of Toni Morrison's Beloved and Rudolfo Anaya's Tortuga. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical reference. |
| ISBN: | 1627346902 9781627346900 |