Belonging and Narrative A Theory of the American Novel

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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...

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Bieger, Belonging and Narrative A Theory of the American Novel
1. Verfasser:
Bieger, Laura
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2018
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Besprochen in:IDA-NRW, 4 (2018)
Umfang:
1 online resource (182 pages).
Anmerkungen:
In English.
Schriftenreihe:
Lettre
ISBN:
9783839446003
3839446007
Zugangseinschränkungen:
Open access
Schlagworte:
Narrative Theory
American Novel
Space and Place
Literature
America
American Studies
Cultural History
Cultural Studies
Literary Studies
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