Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPhilosophyAestheticsMovementsPost-StructuralismSemiotics & TheoryHistory & SurveysLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeDeconstruction
2014Book
Author(s)Dylan Sawyer
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137383341
LanguageEnglish
