The postmodern text in recent American fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Ryan (University of South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 38-52 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/02564718508529772 |
| OpenAlex | W2024101241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article explores the relationship between American meta‐fiction of the 1960's and 1970's and postmodernist theoretical discourse. It is the contention of the author that a reader's response to postmodern American fiction is assisted by recent theories of authorship and readership, and also that the problems raised by postmodernist meta‐fiction have a bearing on postmodernist discourse itself. Using illustrations from meta‐fictional and theoretical discourses, a link is suggested between the two: both resist ‘the hegemony of representational truth’, undermine authority in all its forms and threaten the reader's sense of security
Aesthetics · American literature · Art · Audience measurement · Epistemology · Hegemony · Literature · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Sociology · American Jewish Fiction Analysis · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Law · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1991 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |