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Chronotopes of the Uncanny
Petra Eckhard
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Description for Chronotopes of the Uncanny
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Using the theoretical frameworks of Freud, Todorov, and Bahktin, this book explores how American writers of the late 20th century have translated the psychoanalytical concept of "the uncanny" into their novelistic discourses. The two texts under scrutiny - Paul Auster's "City of Glass" and Toni Morrison's "Jazz" - show that the uncanny has developed into a crucial trope to delineate personal and collective fears that are often grounded on the postmodern disruption of spatio-temporal continuities and coherences.
Using the theoretical frameworks of Freud, Todorov, and Bahktin, this book explores how American writers of the late 20th century have translated the psychoanalytical concept of "the uncanny" into their novelistic discourses. The two texts under scrutiny - Paul Auster's "City of Glass" and Toni Morrison's "Jazz" - show that the uncanny has developed into a crucial trope to delineate personal and collective fears that are often grounded on the postmodern disruption of spatio-temporal continuities and coherences.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837618419
SKU
V9783837618419
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About Petra Eckhard
Petra Eckhard (Dr. phil.) teaches American Literature at the University of Graz (Austria). Her research interests include contemporary American prose literature, graphic narratives, and American gothic fiction.
Reviews for Chronotopes of the Uncanny
Reviewed in: Kronoscope, 16 (2016), Raphaelle Beauregard