Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical GuideLarry McCaffery The scope of the work is broad, with European and Latin American influences well represented. Recommended for collections that emphasize fiction of the past two decades. Library Journal |
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Page 96
... narrative processes ) and those that are linguistically self - reflective . ( She uses " diegetic " in place of the more common " narrative " to indicate her rejection of the split between the process of storytelling and its product ...
... narrative processes ) and those that are linguistically self - reflective . ( She uses " diegetic " in place of the more common " narrative " to indicate her rejection of the split between the process of storytelling and its product ...
Page 409
... narrative indirections of Irving's first two novels are reduced to a relatively straightforward first - person narrative in The 158 - Pound Marriage ( 1974 ) , although the narrator's consistent interweaving of flashbacks into his story ...
... narrative indirections of Irving's first two novels are reduced to a relatively straightforward first - person narrative in The 158 - Pound Marriage ( 1974 ) , although the narrator's consistent interweaving of flashbacks into his story ...
Page 531
... narrative strategies , including multiple narrators and time frames . His best writing , set in a darkly comic , technological future , pre- sents controversial contemporary issues ( such as feminism and genetic en- gineering ) in ...
... narrative strategies , including multiple narrators and time frames . His best writing , set in a darkly comic , technological future , pre- sents controversial contemporary issues ( such as feminism and genetic en- gineering ) in ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Copyright | |
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