Literature and Subjection
Title | Literature and Subjection PDF eBook |
Author | Horacio Legras |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Through theoretical, philosophical, cultural, political, and historical analysis, Horacio Legras views the myriad factors that have both formed and stifled the integration of peripheral experiences into Latin American literature. Despite these barriers, Legras reveals a handful of contemporary authors who have attempted in earnest to present marginalized voices to the Western world. His deep and insightful analysis of key works by novelists Juan José Saer (The Witness), Nellie Campobello (Cartucho), Roa Bastos (Son of Man), and Jose María Arguedas (The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below), among others, provides a theoretical basis for understanding the plight of the author, the peripheral voice, and the confines of the literary medium. What emerges is an intricate discussion of the clash and subjugation of cultures and the tragedy of a lost worldview.
Literature and Subjection
Title | Literature and Subjection PDF eBook |
Author | Horacio Legrás |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Pages | 297 |
Release | 2008-10-16 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0822973464 |
In Literature and Subjection, Horacio Legras employs theoretical, philosophical, cultural, political, and historical analysis to assess the factors that have both facilitated and stifled the integration of peripheral experiences into Latin American literature. Legras examines a handful of contemporary authors who have attempted in earnest to present marginalized voices to the Western world, and evaluates the success or failure of these endeavors. His deep and insightful evaluation of key works by novelists Juan Jose Saer (The Witness), Nellie Campobello (Cartucho), Roa Bastos (Son of Man), and Jose Maria Arguedas (The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below), among others, provides a theoretical basis for understanding the plight of the author, the peripheral voice, and the confines of the literary medium. What emerges is an intricate discussion of the clash and subjugation of cultures and the tragedy of a lost worldview.
The Subject of Modernity
Title | The Subject of Modernity PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony J. Cascardi |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1992-03-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521423786 |
The question of modernity has provoked a vigorous debate in the work of thinkers from Hegel to Habermas. Anthony J. Cascardi offers an historical account of the origins and transformations of the rational subject of self as it is represented in Descartes, Cervantes, Pascal, Hobbes and the Don Juan myth.
The Feminine Subject in Children's Literature
Title | The Feminine Subject in Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Wilkie-Stibbs |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2013-12-16 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1136699929 |
This book builds upon and contributes to the growing academic interest in feminism within the field of children's literature studies. Christie Wilkie-Stibbs draws upon the work of Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous, Julia Kristeva, and Jacques Lacan in her analysis of particular children's literature texts to demonstrate how a feminist analysis opens up textual possibilities that may be applied to works of children's fiction in general, extending the range of textual engagements in children's literature through the application of a new poststructural critical apparati.
Phrase and Subject
Title | Phrase and Subject PDF eBook |
Author | DeliadaSousa Correa |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1351554220 |
The confluence between music and literature, long hymned as sister arts, is a newly burgeoning field of critical inquiry. This innovative collection of interdisciplinary essays provides a valuable introduction to the field, mapping the contours of recent research and investigating the mutual aesthetic influence of the two arts and their common historical ground. The examination of literary works using music as an analogy for literary composition and agent of cultural value, and the consideration of musical works whose structure is derived from literary models will excite the interest of both professional scholars and students in the fields of musicology, literary studies and modern European languages. (Legenda 2006) Delia da Sousa Correa is Lecturer in Literature at The Open University. She is the author of George Eliot, Music and Victorian Culture (2002) and editor of
Silence and Subject in Modern Literature
Title | Silence and Subject in Modern Literature PDF eBook |
Author | U. Olsson |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2013-10-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1137350997 |
Why does interrogation silence its object and not make it speak? Silence vs speech is a central issue in classical and modern literary works. This book studies literary representations of the power relations in which we are forced to speak using a range of texts ranging from the modern crime novel, via classics, to avant-garde plays.
Subjection
Title | Subjection PDF eBook |
Author | Alicia Cameron |
Publisher | ForbiddenFiction |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-04-21 |
Genre | Brothers |
ISBN | 9781622342259 |
In a world where intellect and achievement are valued above all else, a young man risks everything to save his brother from a life of slavery. Thrown into a harsh, unyielding world where slaves are treated as less than animals, Sascha struggles to come to terms with everything he knows being ripped away from him, but a life of success could never prepare him for his life as one of the Demoted. Sinking lower and lower, Sascha begins to lose hope, but the whim of a mysterious, wealthy man has the potential to change all that. Cashiel has a dark history that he guards carefully. Between family and business and politics, he rarely has time for a slave, much less a lover. But when he sees a young man who reminds him of the very history he is trying to escape, he makes an impulse decision that he's not sure whether to regret or not. The slave could expose everything, or he could be the most valuable asset that Cashiel has ever acquired. Cashiel and Sascha share desires, hopes, and a home. Each man is limited by status, hindered by history, and desperate to succeed. The question is, will that be enough? (M/M)