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Literature after postmodernism : reconstructive fantasies / Irmtraud Huber.

By: Huber, Irmtraud, 1983- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 291 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137429902 (hardback).Subject(s): Danielewski, Mark Z | Chabon, Michael | Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977- | Mitchell, David (David Stephen) | Experimental fiction, American -- History and criticism | Experimental fiction, English -- History and criticism | Postmodernism (Literature) | American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism | English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 813.087660906
Contents:
Introduction: epitaph on a ghost, or the impossible end of postmodernism -- Part I. Tracing shifts -- 1. Post-post, beyond and back: literature in the wake of postmodernism -- 2. Pragmatic fantasies: from subversion to reconstruction -- Part II. Reconstructive readings -- 3. Leaving the postmodernist labyrinth: Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves" -- 4. The quest for narrative reconstruction: Jonathan Safran Foer's "Everything is Illuminated" -- 5. Escaping towards history: Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" -- 6. Dreaming of reconstruction: David Mitchell's "number9dream" -- Conclusion: The coming of age of reconstruction -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: "Postmodernism, deconstruction and subversion have been the buzzwords of the last few decades. But not any longer. Ever since the end of the millennium an increasingly perceptible desire to turn towards other concerns can be noted. Only, what comes after postmodernism? Where are we going now? Irmtraud Huber suggests some answers to these questions, focusing on novels by Michael Chabon, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Safran Foer and David Mitchell and highlighting the ways in which they go beyond postmodernism and turn from deconstruction to reconstruction. Approaching the question from an unusual direction by exploring the novelists' particular use of the fantastic mode, this book offers both further insights into the present aesthetic shift and a new perspective on the literary fantastic" - Back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Literature after Postmodernism explores the use of literary fantastic storylines in contemporary novels which begin to think beyond postmodernism. They develop an aesthetic perspective that aims at creation and communication instead of subversion and can thus be considered no longer deconstructive but reconstructive.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.

Introduction: epitaph on a ghost, or the impossible end of postmodernism -- Part I. Tracing shifts -- 1. Post-post, beyond and back: literature in the wake of postmodernism -- 2. Pragmatic fantasies: from subversion to reconstruction -- Part II. Reconstructive readings -- 3. Leaving the postmodernist labyrinth: Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves" -- 4. The quest for narrative reconstruction: Jonathan Safran Foer's "Everything is Illuminated" -- 5. Escaping towards history: Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" -- 6. Dreaming of reconstruction: David Mitchell's "number9dream" -- Conclusion: The coming of age of reconstruction -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

"Postmodernism, deconstruction and subversion have been the buzzwords of the last few decades. But not any longer. Ever since the end of the millennium an increasingly perceptible desire to turn towards other concerns can be noted. Only, what comes after postmodernism? Where are we going now? Irmtraud Huber suggests some answers to these questions, focusing on novels by Michael Chabon, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Safran Foer and David Mitchell and highlighting the ways in which they go beyond postmodernism and turn from deconstruction to reconstruction. Approaching the question from an unusual direction by exploring the novelists' particular use of the fantastic mode, this book offers both further insights into the present aesthetic shift and a new perspective on the literary fantastic" - Back cover.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction: Epitaph on a Ghost, or the Impossible End of Postmodernism
  • Part I Tracing Shifts
  • 1 Post-post, Beyond and Back: Literature in the Wake of Postmodernism
  • 2 Pragmatic Fantasies: From Subversion to Reconstruction
  • Part II Reconstructive Readings
  • 3 Leaving the Postmodernist Labyrinth: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves
  • 4 The Quest for Narrative Reconstruction: Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated
  • 5 Escaping Towards History: Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
  • 6 Dreaming of Reconstruction: David Mitchell's number9dream
  • Conclusion: The Coming of Age of Reconstruction
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Irmtraud Huber is a Lecturer in Modern English Literature at the University of Berne, Switzerland. She did research as a visiting scholar at Columbia University, New York, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, and her work was awarded the Helene-Richter-Prize by the Deutscher Anglistenverband.

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