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Askin, Ridvan

 
9781474432214: Narrative and Becoming (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies)
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ISBN 10: 1474432212 ISBN 13: 9781474432214
Editorial: Edinburgh University Press, 2018

Sinopsis

Proposes a new Deleuzian model for understanding narrativeWhat is narrative? Ridvan Askin brings together aesthetics, contemporary North American fiction, Gilles Deleuze, narrative theory and the recent speculative turn to answer this question. Through this process, he develops a transcendental empiricist concept of narrative. Askin argues against the established consensus of narrative theory for an understanding of narrative as fundamentally nonhuman, unconscious and expressive. Close readings include:Ana Castillo, The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986)Michael Ondaatje, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (1970)Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist (1999)Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves (2000)

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Ridvan Askin is Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in American and General Literatures at the University of Basel. His recent publications include two co-edited volumes, Aesthetics in the 21st Century, a special issue of Speculations (2014), and Literature, Ethics, Morality: American Studies Perspectives (Narr, 2015).

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Proposes a new model for understanding narrative, grounded in the philosophy of Gilles DeleuzeWhat is narrative?Ridvan Askin answers this question by bringing together aesthetics, contemporary North-American fiction, Gilles Deleuze, narrative theory and the recent speculative turn. Through this process he develops a transcendental empiricist concept of narrative. Against the established consensus of narrative theory he argues for an understanding of narrative as fundamentally nonhuman, unconscious, and expressive.Narrative and Becoming provides close readings of a number of contemporary North-American fictions, most prominently Ana Castillo’s The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986), Michael Ondaatje’s The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (1970), Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist (1999) and Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves (2000), showcasing their genuine metaphysical quality.Ridvan Askin is Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in American and General Literatures at the University of Basel.

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Edinburgh University Press
Año de publicación
2018
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ISBN 10 
1474432212
ISBN 13 
9781474432214
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Número de páginas
224
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