Screen LibraryLyotard, literature and the trauma of the differend
This original study examines Jean-Francois Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Micha...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137383358 |
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This original study examines Jean-Francois Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer. "Working with and yet also moving beyond Lyotard's philosophy, this provocative, wide-ranging and innovative work of literary theory makes challenging and timely arguments about literature in relation to politics, ethics, suffering and - finally - silence." - Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 'Sawyer's work is a necessary and lyrical account (and calling-to-account) of literature in the face of Lyotard's differend. It is both deeply personal and critically alert, offering a nuanced and sustained negotiation with Lyotard and his philosophy in relation to literature, its subjects, and what remains, after all, unsaid.' - Will Slocombe, University of Liverpool, UK. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137383341, 2014. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 p. |
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9781137383358 : 1137383356 : |
| CLC: | B565.59 |
| Contents: | List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Differend and Beyond 2. Housed Exile 3. Homer and Ondaatje 4. The Traumatic Sublime Bibliography Conclusion. |