Essays on Fiction 1971-82

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-85900-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kermode, Sir Frank

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements;Prologue;1. The English Novel, circa 19072. Local and Provincial Restrictions3. The Use of the Codes 4. Recognition and Deception5. On Reading Novels6. Secrets and Narrative Sequence7. Can We Say Absolutely Anything We Like?8. Institutional Control of Interpretation 9. Instances of Interpretation: Death and Survival;Appendix: The Single Correct Interpretation; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kermode, Sir Frank