Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | D. Sawyer | ISBN: | 9781137383358 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | May 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | D. Sawyer |
| ISBN: | 9781137383358 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | May 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This original study examines Jean-François Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer.
This original study examines Jean-François Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer.
