Die komplisering van die verhaaleinde as postmodernistiese verskynsel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20155987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean Lombard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 459-471 |
| Publication date | 1988-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718808529889 |
| OpenAlex | W2023428570 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In this article the complication of narrative endings is regarded as specifically a Postmoder‐nistic convention. Problematic endings are also frequently seen as a characteristic of so‐called metafictional narratives ‐ texts which self‐consciously draw attention to the way in which they have been constructed. Some critics are of the opinion that metafictionality only concerns the explicitation of literary conventions, and that therefore the relationship with the “objective reality” is severed. I would rather go along with those critics who pose a very close connection between on the one hand literary and on the other hand social conventions. Three novels and one anthology of short stories are discussed as an illustration of problematic endings, specifically multiple endings. This is preceded by a short analysis of the endings of so‐called realistic narratives, since Postmodern endings are mostly in reaction to these types of endings. The analyses demonstrate that the complication of a literary convention, such as the ending, does not necessarily result in commentary on social conventions. In texts where it does happen, for instance The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles and Koos Prinsloo's Die hemel help ons, it becomes clear that reality and fiction can well be distinguished. But specifically these texts further illustrate that the division between reality and fiction is also only a convention which can and must continually be transcended
Aesthetics · Art · Convention · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Postmodernism · Social reality · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Short Stories in Global Literature
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |