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Toward Diversity and Emancipation
(Re-)Narrating Space in the Contemporary American Novel
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2016
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This book focuses on the pivotal role which space and spatiality assume in plot and narrative discourse of contemporary U.S.-American literary narratives. Embarking from a new, spatialized approach to cultural history and particularly narrative theory that might also prove useful for neighboring philologies, Marcel Thoene hypothesizes that the canon of novels selected represents a dialectic of simultaneous affirmation and subversion of the American space myth. This results in an integrative and emancipatory function of space reflecting the current dynamic toward a more transcultural, diverse and conflictive post-national U.S.-American society.
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
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1.) Introduction. Contemporary American (Literary) Studies, the Spatial Turn and Narrativity
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2.) Key Tropes of Space in U.S.-American Cultural History
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3.) Literary Tradition: Space in Earlier Periods of U.S.-American Literature
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4.) Re-Thinking Narrative Theory for Contemporary Literature
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5.) Jonathan Franzen — The Corrections
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6.) Toni Morrison’s African American History Trilogy
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7.) Luis Alberto Urrea — Into the Beautiful North
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8.) Sherman Alexie — Reservation Blues
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9.) Conclusion
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June 6, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9783839435083
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336
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Keywords for this book
Space; Space; America; America; Narrative Theory; Narrative Theory; Contemporary Novels; Contemporary Novels; Diversity; Diversity; Cultural History; Cultural History; Literature; Literature; American Studies; American Studies; Theory of Literature; Theory of Literature; Literary Studies; Literary Studies
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
