Stories and portraits of the self /

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In contemporary societies privatization has long ceased to be just an economic concept; rather, it must increasingly be made to refer to the ongoing shrinking of the public space under the impact of the representation of individual lives and images, which cuts across all discourses, genres and media...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Buescu, Helena Carvalhão, Duarte, João Ferreira, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.
Series:Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 115.
Subjects:
Self in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Literature, Modern > Themes, motives.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Identité dans la littérature.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Literature, Modern > Themes, motives
Self in literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Stories and Portraits of the Self; Contents; Introduction: Signposts of the Self in Modernity; Part I The Representational Dilemma; The Self as a Work of Art: Proust's Scepticism; (Re- )Constructing, (Re- )Membering Postcolonial Selves; 'Doing Identity' in Fiction: Identity Construction as a Dialogue between Individuals and Cultural Narratives; Self-Representation and Temporality: 'Parabasis' in Guimarães Rosa's Grande Sertão: Veredas; New Man: Marie Kessels' Inner Portrait of a Writing Self; Good Intentions, Ethical Commitment, and Impersonal Poetry: The Work of Gerrit Kouwenaar.

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