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Belonging and Narrative: A Theory of the American Novel
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Abstract Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern individuals to give meaning and mooring to their lives. Drawing on phenomenological hermeneutics, human ge... mehr
Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern individuals to give meaning and mooring to their lives. Drawing on phenomenological hermeneutics, human geography and social psychology, Laura Bieger contends that belonging is not a given; it is continuously produced by narrative. Against the current emphasis on metaphors of movement and destabilization, she explores the salience and significance of home. Challenging views of narrative as a mechanism of ideology, she approaches narrative as a practical component of dwelling in the world - and the novel a primary place-making agent.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Literatur; Kulturwissenschaft; Kulturgeschichte; Literaturwissenschaft
Klassifikation
Literaturwissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik
Freie Schlagwörter
Narrative Theory; American Novel; Space and Place; America; American Studies; Literary Studies
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2018
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
179 S.
Schriftenreihe
Lettre
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839446003
ISBN
978-3-8394-4600-3
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0