Lies that tell the truth : magic realism seen through contemporary fiction from Britain / Anne C. Hegerfeldt

Englisch

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2005

383 p ; 22 cm

Title from ebook title screen (viewed on May 2, 2005)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2005

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Hegerfeldt, Anne C: Lies that tell the truth. - Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2005

1-4175-9106-4 electronic bk.

978-1-4175-9106-0 electronic bk.

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-420-1974-4 (Druckausgabe), 90-420-1974-3 (Druckausgabe), 978-90-420-1974-4 (Druckausgabe), 90-420-1974-3 (Druckausgabe)

*Magischer Realismus / Rezeption / Englisch / Roman / Online-Publikation

*Magischer Realismus / Rezeption / Englisch / Roman / Geschichte 1969-2000

*Magic realism (Literature) ; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. ; Electronic books. ; English fiction -- History and criticism -- 20th century ; Magic realism (Literature) ; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism ; Magic realism (Literature) ; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. ; Electronic books.

*Electronic books / Criticism, interpretation, etc ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; English fiction ; Magic realism (Literature) ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Englisch ; Magischer Realismus ; Rezeption ; Roman

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PN56.M24

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 823.9140915;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: HN 1331: H Anglistik. Amerikanistik / HG-HO Englische Literatur / HN Die Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts seit 1945 / HN 1070-HN 9991 Literaturgeschichte / HN 1140-HN 1401 Geschichte einzelner Gattungen / HN 1293-HN 1361 Erzählende Prosa / HN 1295-HN 1331 Roman / Einzelne Probleme

bisacsh: LIT004120

bisacsh: LIT 004120

The critical debate : an overview -- A working definition -- Magic "mongrel" realism : the adaptation of other genres and modes -- Through anOther's eyes : magic realist focalizers -- Mythos meets logos : paradigms of knowledge in magic realist fiction -- Making the real fantastic and the fantastic real : strategies of destabilization -- Making the immaterial matter : techniques of literalization -- Mimicking the mind : magic realism as an inquiry into human thought -- "The only real ism of these back-to-front and jabberwocky days" : mimicking a fantastic reality

Magic realism has long been treated as a phenomenon restricted to postcolonial literature. Drawing on works from Britain, Lies that Tell the Truth compellingly shows how magic realist fiction can be produced also at what is usually considered to be the cultural centre without forfeiting the mode's postcolonial attitude and aims. A close analysis of works by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, Robert Nye and others reveals how the techniques of magic realism generate a complex critique of the West's rational-empirical worldview from within a Western context itself. Understanding magic realism as a fictional analogue of anthropology and sociology, Lies that Tell the Truth reads the mode as a frequently humorous but at the same time critical investigation into people's attempts to make sense of their world. By laying bare the manifold strategies employed to make meaning, magic realist fiction indicates that knowledge and reality cannot be reduced to hard facts, but that people's dreams and fears, ideas, stories and beliefs must equally be taken into account; 1900 - 1999

 

Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2005

Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary

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