Title GenReVisions Genre Experimentation and World-Construction in Contemporary Anglophone Literature

Published Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (302 p.) Series Anglistische Forschungen ; v.468 Anglistische Forschungen. Contents Cover -- Titel -- Imprint -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Conceptualising Genre -- 1.1 What Genre? Questions of Definition and Scope -- 1.1.1 Genres and Modes -- 1.1.2 Genres as Biological Species -- 1.1.3 The Concept of Family Resemblance -- 1.1.4 Genres as Social Institutions and Typified Actions -- 1.2 Towards a Pragmatic Conception of Genre -- 1.2.1 Cognitive Schemata -- 1.2.2 Construction Kits -- 1.2.3 Fictional Worlds and Worldmaking -- 1.2.4 Hybridity and Its Discontents -- 1.2.5 Generic Blending -- 1.2.6 Forms of Genre Usage 2 Uses of Genre in Contemporary Literature -- 2.1 What Goes Around Comes Around -- David Mitchell's 'Cloud Atlas' -- 2.1.1 Jigsaw Worlds: Composites and (In)Coherence -- 2.1.2 Mix'n'Match? Mitchell's Complicated Cosmologies -- 2.1.3 Dark Reflections: The Dystopian Scenarios of 'Cloud Atlas' -- 2.1.4 Conclusion: Dystopias -- 2.2 Orpheus Rocks -- Salman Rushdie's 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet' -- 2.2.1 Dionysus Reborn: A Novel Tragic -- 2.2.2 Tragic Patterns? Rock'n'Roll, Popular Culture and Globalisation -- 2.2.3 Antagonistic Worlds: Tragedy and the Semantics of Crisis 2.2.4 Conclusion: Disorientations -- 2.3 Mind Matters -- Steven Hall's 'The Raw Shark Texts' -- 2.3.1 The Rorschach Principle -- Association, Dissociation and World-Construction -- 2.3.2 Entering the Gutenberg Galaxy -- a Cyberpunk Projection -- 2.3.3 The Strange 'Case' of Eric Sanderson -- 2.3.4 Conclusion: Dissociations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Backcover Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Mitchell, David (David Stephen). Cloud atlas. Mitchell, David (David Stephen) -- Criticism and interpretation Rushdie, Salman. Ground beneath her feet. Rushdie, Salman -- Criticism and interpretation Hall, Steven, 1975- Raw shark texts. Hall, Steven, 1975- -- Criticism and interpretation Hall, Steven, 1975- Mitchell, David (David Stephen) Rushdie, Salman SUBJECT Cloud atlas (Mitchell, David) fast Ground beneath her feet (Rushdie, Salman) fast Subject Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism Fiction genres -- 20th century -- History and criticism Fiction genres -- 21st century -- History and criticism Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Literature, Modern -- 21st century -- History and criticism. Literary form -- History -- 21st century Literary form -- History -- 20th century Commonwealth literature (English) Fiction genres Literary form Literature, Modern Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 3825379396 9783825379391

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