Essays on Fiction 1971-82 (Routledge Revivals)
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Essays on Fiction 1971-82 (Routledge Revivals)

  1. 228 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Essays on Fiction 1971-82 (Routledge Revivals)

About this book

In this book, which was first published in 1983, Frank Kermode looks in particular at the revived Russian Formalism, a highly original body of literary theory that flourished in the years immediately following the Revolution, and at the work of Roman Jakobson, one of its most distinguished exponents. He discusses its modern 'structuralist' descendants, recalling the importance of Roland Barthes and the invigorating effect of his fertile and surprising mind. He considers also the work of Foucault, Laca and Levi-Strauss, as well as that of Jacques Derrida, which uses a novel and de(con)structive method of analysis to question to tacit assumptions on which structuralism is based. In an opening chapter, Professor Kermode surveys his relationship with the new theory, explaining that it is a relation from which he has benefited without ever feeling disposed to join a movement. These essays will be of interest to students of literature.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781317510307
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 The English Novel, circa 1907
  9. 2 Local and Provincial Restrictions
  10. 3 The Use of the Codes
  11. 4 Recognition and Deception
  12. 5 On Reading Novels
  13. 6 Secrets and Narrative Sequence
  14. 7 Can We Say Absolutely Anything We Like?
  15. 8 Institutional Control of Interpretation
  16. 9 Instances of Interpretation: Death and Survival
  17. Appendix: The Single Correct Interpretation
  18. Index