Ekphrastic Conceptualism in Postmodern British and American Novels
Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Tom McCarthy
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2015
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-65931-1 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-65931-1 (ISBN)
Discussing the ancient notion of ekphrasis, this study examines the interpenetration of literary and non-literary art. The author demonstrates how ekphrasis is useful for reading contemporary novels that feature non-representative, conceptual works of art by taking a close look at the works of Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Tom McCarthy.
The relationship between the arts has fascinated people for centuries. Discussing the ancient notion of ekphrasis, this study examines the interpenetration of literary and non-literary art. Traditionally, ekphrasis is defined as a rhetorical device for the poetic description of a painting or a sculpture that has been steadily gaining attention in literary studies since the mid-twentieth century. Taking a close look at the works of Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Tom McCarthy, the author demonstrates how ekphrasis is useful for reading contemporary novels that feature non-representative, conceptual works of art.
The relationship between the arts has fascinated people for centuries. Discussing the ancient notion of ekphrasis, this study examines the interpenetration of literary and non-literary art. Traditionally, ekphrasis is defined as a rhetorical device for the poetic description of a painting or a sculpture that has been steadily gaining attention in literary studies since the mid-twentieth century. Taking a close look at the works of Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Tom McCarthy, the author demonstrates how ekphrasis is useful for reading contemporary novels that feature non-representative, conceptual works of art.
Jarosław Hetman is Lecturer at the Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland). His academic interests include contemporary American literature, theory of literature and conceptual art.
Contents: Ekphrasis - Conceptual ekphrasis - Sanctioning - Conceptual art - Progymnasmata - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Leo Spitzer - James A.W. Heffernan - W.J.T. Mitchell - Representation - Don DeLillo - Paul Auster - Tom McCarthy - Pseudo-artistic activity - Performance art - Body art - Land art - Video art - Street art - Intertextuality - Metafiction - Sophie Calle - International Necronautical Society - Authenticity - Inauthenticity - Performativity.
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Dis/Continuities ; 11 |
Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Miroslawa Buchholtz |
Verlagsort | Frankfurt a.M. |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 400 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | American • Auster • British • Buchholtz • conceptualism • delillo • Ekphrastic • Hetman • Intertextuality • Jaroslaw • Jarosław • Literary Theory • McCarthy • metafiction • Miroslawa • Novel • Novels • Paul • Poetics • postmodern |
ISBN-10 | 3-631-65931-8 / 3631659318 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-631-65931-1 / 9783631659311 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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