The Dialectic of Self and Story
Author | : Robert Durante |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781135713379 |
ISBN-13 | : 1135713375 |
Rating | : 4/5 (375 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Dialectic of Self and Story by : Robert Durante
Download or read book The Dialectic of Self and Story written by Robert Durante and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed by selected postmodern theories and cultural criticism, this study argues that while American fiction of the 1980s and 1990s bears the outward signs of a return to realism, it also evidences recurring themes of postmodernism, such as alienation, social disintegration, personal despair, historical dislocation, and authorial self-reflexiveness.