Postirony
The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
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What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form of sincerity.
Lukas Hoffmann (PhD) is head of studies and teaches narratology at the Academy of Performing Arts BW. His research interests include contemporary literature, narrative ethics, reader-response criticism, and post-theory.
Besprochen in:
The Year's Work in English Studies, 98 (2019)
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.10.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Lettre |
Verlagsort | Bielefeld |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 225 mm |
Gewicht | 333 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Schlagworte | American Studies • British Studies • Cultural Studies • Culture • Dave Eggers • David Foster Wallace • Eggers, Dave • General Literature Studies • Ironie (Motiv in der Literatur) • Irony • Literary Studies • Literature • Nonfiction • Postirony • Postmoderne (Literatur) • Postmodernism • Sincerity • U.S.A. • Wallace, David Foster |
ISBN-10 | 3-8376-3661-5 / 3837636615 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-8376-3661-1 / 9783837636611 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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