Genres As Repositories of Cultural Memory: 29/5 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 9042004401 ISBN 13: 9789042004405

Casa editrice: RODOPI, 2000

Riassunto

This volume deals with the inherent relation between literary genres and cultural memory. Indeed, generic repertoires may be regarded as bodies of shared knowledge (a sort of ‘encyclopaedia' or 'museum' of stocked culture) and have played and still play an important role in absorbing and activating that memory. The contributors have focused on some specific memory-linked genres that prove especially relevant in remembering and transforming past experiences, i.e. the (post)modern historical novel and various forms of (post)modern autobiographical writing. They deal with such renowned authors as Carlos Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, Umberto Eco, Antonio Tabucchi, John Barth, Julian Barnes, Michel Butor, Nathalie Sarraute, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Claude Simon, Georges Perec and Marguerite Yourcenar. The volume, thus, constitutes an attractive and representative sample of (post)modern forms of rewriting and problematizing individual and collective pasts.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Hendrik van Gorp is Professor of General and Comparative Literature at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Ulla Musarra is Professor of General and Comparative Literature at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: RODOPI
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9042004401
• ISBN 13: 9789042004405
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 568
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile