Political Unconscious - Narrative As a Socially Symbolic Act

Zusatztext 'Every now and then a book appears which is literally ahead of its time ... The Political Unconscious is such a book ... it sets new standards of what a classic work is.' - Slavoj Zizek Informationen zum Autor Fredric Jameson (1934-). Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University and one of the most provocative and influential cultural critics of our age. Klappentext 'Every now and then a book appears which is literally ahead of its time ... The Political Unconscious is such a book ... it sets new standards of what a classic work is.' - Slavoj ZizekIn this ground-breaking and influential study, Fredric Jameson explores the complex place and function of literature within culture. A landmark publication, The Political Unconscious takes its place as one of the most meaningful works of the twentieth century. First published: 1983. Zusammenfassung This ground-breaking and influential study explores the complex place and function of literature within culture. It takes its place as one of the most meaningful works of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE 1 On Interpretation: Literature as a Socially Symbolic Act 2 Magical Narratives: On the Dialectical Use of Genre Criticism 3 Realism and Desire: Balzac and the Problem of the Subject 4 Authentic Ressentiment: Generic Discontinuities and Ideologemes in the Experimental Novels of George Gissing 5 Romance and Reification: Plot Construction and Ideological Closure in Joseph Conrad 6 Conclusion: The Dialectic of Utopia and Ideology INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Fredric Jameson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2002
• EAN: 9780415287500
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28750-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Routledge Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Humanities, Political science and theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Structuralism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Structuralism and Post-structuralism