5 edition of Theories of play and postmodern fiction found in the catalog.
Published
1998
by Garland Pub. in New York
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-300) and index.
| Statement | Brian Edwards. |
| Series | Garland reference library of the humanities ;, v. 2068., Comparative literature and cultural studies ;, v. 3, Garland reference library of the humanities ;, v. 2068., Garland reference library of the humanities., v. 3. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PN56.P53 E38 1998 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xvii, 310 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 310 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL693108M |
| ISBN 10 | 0815328478 |
| LC Control Number | 97040346 |
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Theories of play and postmodern fiction. Summary: Edwards (literary studies, Deakin U.) argues that play is endemic to culture and that it helps to explain the operations of literary texts. Drawing on developments in critical theory and postmodernist fiction, this study makes an important contribution to the appreciation of playforms in language, texts, and cultural practices.
Tracing trajectories in theories of play and game, and wi. Postmodern fiction can be considered as a response to the kind of socio-historical changes discussed in the previous chapter. Larry McCaffrey, for example, argues that with the assassination of President J. Kennedy on 22 November‘[p]ostmodernism was officially ushered in – at least in the United States – since that was the day that symbolically signaled the end of a certain.
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Synopsis. Drawing on developments in critical theory and postmodernist fiction, this study makes an important contribution to the appreciation of playforms in language, texts, and cultural practices.
Tracing trajectories in theories of play and game, and with particular attention to the writings of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Bakhtin, and Derrida, Brand: Taylor And Francis. the impersonal voice in first person fiction, which argues compellingly.
that in literary fiction, “one cannot be certain that it is the person. referred to as ‘I’ who speaks or narrates, and therefore we need to.
posit an impersonal voice of the narrative” (). PERSPECTIVES ON POSTMODERNISM AND THE HISTORICAL FICTION Olivia Chirobocea Lecturer, PhD, ”Ovidius” University, Constanţa Abstract: This article provides insight into postmodernism as a whole and postmodernist literary theory in particular, with a special focus on historical fiction written according to the views of this eclectic Size: KB.
The Play of the Double in Postmodern American Fiction. With the assistance of poststructuralist theories by Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, and Lacan, The Play of the Double in Postmodern American Fiction evaluates the contemporary role of the doppelgänger.
It will introduce a post-modern critical reading of this book as a literary theory which is considered a revolution in fiction during the 20th : Said Ahmed Mahmoud. Lee "Theories of Play and Postmodern Fiction" por Brian Edwards disponible en Rakuten Kobo.
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Fiction in which I set out to answer a number of questions, including, “What does postmodernism have to do with thing theory?”. Theories of play and postmodern fiction.
Grasshopper antics: the playhouse of language. Deconstruction: the reader as Scheherazade. Duplicity as virtue: playful texts and textualized players.
Deceptive constructions: the art of building in Peter Carey's Illywhacker. Garland reference library of the humanities, v.Drawing on developments in critical theory and postmodernist fiction, this study makes an important contribution to the appreciation of playforms in language, ISBN Buy the Theories of Play and Postmodern Fiction ebook.Among the modern and post modern theories is also the Psychoanalytic Theory by Buhler () and Anna Freud ().
They suggested that play in children does not only represent wish-fulfilling attempts but also attempts to cope with anxiety provoking situations which may overwhelm the child thus according to Freud and Buhler, play in children is both defensive and adaptive to deal with anxiety (Singer et al.
