Contemporary Theories and Canadian FictionEdwin Mellen Press, 2000 - 238 pages This study attempts to bring together a series of provinces between and within contemporary theory, criticism and fiction. It provides an overview of some of the most complex issues shaping present literary debates with a clear focus on Canadian fiction of the last 20 years of the 20th century. |
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... argues that the postmodernist undermining of the notion of objectivity and its claim that the attainment of objective knowledge is impossible are not only underdemon- strated and inadequate but in need of strong theoretical alternatives ...
... argues that the postmodernist undermining of the notion of objectivity and its claim that the attainment of objective knowledge is impossible are not only underdemon- strated and inadequate but in need of strong theoretical alternatives ...
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... argues : " There is no pos- sibility in the near future of a critical consensus . And what kind of consensus could it be , founded on the ground ( lessness ) of difference , on the play of dis- placement ? " ( 1983 , 16 ) . Instability ...
... argues : " There is no pos- sibility in the near future of a critical consensus . And what kind of consensus could it be , founded on the ground ( lessness ) of difference , on the play of dis- placement ? " ( 1983 , 16 ) . Instability ...
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... argues , transcultural representations seem most evident in , although by no means exclu- sive to , the production of Canadian writers of origin other than the dominant one ( s ) , because , in the process of construction of their ...
... argues , transcultural representations seem most evident in , although by no means exclu- sive to , the production of Canadian writers of origin other than the dominant one ( s ) , because , in the process of construction of their ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Theory and Literary Practices of Post | 19 |
The Postmodern Condition and the Text | 71 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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