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Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend
Dylan Sawyer
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Description for Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend
Hardcover. This original study examines Jean-Francois 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. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTE; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137383341
SKU
V9781137383341
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Ref
99-15
About Dylan Sawyer
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.
Reviews for Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend
"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 ... Read more