D. Sawyer

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Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This original study examines Jean-François 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.

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Autor

Dylan Sawyer received his English Literature Doctorate from Aberystwyth University and his MA in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick, UK. His research interests are Post-War Continental Philosophy and late 20th Century Fiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137383358
• Artikelnr.: 41499365

Rezensionen

"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