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Traumatic Memory and the Ethical, Political and Transhistorical Functions of Literature
This volume addresses the construction and artistic representation of traumatic memories in the contemporary Western world from a variety of inter- and trans-disciplinarity critical approaches and perspectives, ranging from the cultural, political, historical, and ideological to the ethical and aesthetic, and distinguishing between individual, collective, and cultural traumas. The chapters introduce complementary concepts from diverse thinkers including Cathy Caruth, Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler, Homi Bhabha, Abraham and Torok, and Joyce Carol Oates; they also draw from fields of study such as Memory Studies, Theory of Affects, Narrative and Genre Theory, and Cultural Studies. Traumatic Memory and the Political, Economic, and Transhistorical Functions of Literature addresses trauma as a culturally embedded phenomenon and deconstructs the idea of trauma as universal, transhistorical, and abstract.
Memory Frictions in Contemporary Literature
This volume explores the multifarious representational strategies used by contemporary writers to textualise memory and its friction areas through literary practices. By focusing on contemporary narratives in English from 1990 to the present, the essays in the collection delve into both the treatment of memory in literature and the view of literature as a medium of memory, paying special attention to major controversies attending the representation and (re)construction of individual, cultural and collective memories in the literary narratives published during the last few decades. By analysing texts written by authors of such diverse origins as Great Britain, South-Korea, the USA, Cuba, Aust...
The Films of Woody Allen
From What's Up, Tiger Lily? to Match Point, Woody Allen's work has generated substantial interest among scholars and professionals who have written extensively about the director. In The Films of Woody Allen: Critical Essays, Charles L.P. Silet brings together two-dozen scholarly articles that address the core of Allen's work from a variety of cultural and theoretical perspectives. With a special emphasis on his films of the 1980s, this collection includes both general essays that examine various themes and issues encompassed in Allen's repertoire, as well as discussions that focus on one or two specific films. General essays explore Allen's Jewish background as a religious and cultural face...
Joyce's ''Ithaca''
ISBN 9042000953 (paperback) NLG 40.00 encyclopaedias (Peter Burke).
Poetry, Politics and Polemics
From the contents: Ibn Khafaja (1058-1139) in Morocco: analysis of a laudatory poem addressed to a member of the Almoravid clan (Arie Schippers).- Berbers in al-Andalus and Andalusians in the Maghrib as reflected in 'tawshih' poetry (Th. Marita Wijntjes).- l'elite savante andalouse a Fes (XVeme et XVIeme siecle (Fernando R. Mediano). and politcal roots of the accidental.
Mujeres que Impactan
Este libro rescata 9 historias de mujeres que han sido reconocidas con el Premio Mujer Impacta. Son relatos emocionantes porque sacan lo mejor del ser humano. La generosidad, la entrega a otros, la creatividad, la tenacidad para seguir adelante a pesar de las dificultades y la alegría no exenta de lágrimas cuando se ven los frutos. Estos testimonios, recogidos por la pluma virtuosa de Ana María Larraín, le dan sentido a Mujer Impacta y nos motivan a seguir creciendo. Hoy son nueve las chilenas que se presentan en este libro. Día a día hay muchas más que anónimamente van tejiendo el entramado de una sociedad que, gracias al impacto que ellas generan, puede llegar a ser más solidaria, más constructiva, más feliz. Descubrirlas es la misión de la Fundación Mujer Impacta.
Telling Histories
The proliferation of historical novels with more or less overt metafictional traits in the late seventies and eighties in Britain is a particularly arresting phenomenon at a time when historians are openly questioning the validity of the traditional concept of history understood as a scientific search for knowledge. This apparent contradiction justifies the attempt made by the contributors of this volume to analize the relationship between history and literature in English. The reader will find four preliminary essays on The End of the Classical Period establishing the characteristics of the appropriation of history since the appearance of Sir Walter Scott's historical romances with special ...
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