Chronotopes of the Uncanny
Download or Read eBook Chronotopes of the Uncanny PDF written by Petra Eckhard and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Petra Eckhard |
| Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2014-03-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783839418413 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3839418410 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Chronotopes of the Uncanny by : Petra Eckhard
Book excerpt: Using the theoretical frameworks of Freud, Todorov, and Bahktin, this book explores how American writers of the late 20th century have translated the psychoanalytical concept of »the uncanny« into their novelistic discourses. The two texts under scrutiny - Paul Auster's »City of Glass« and Toni Morrison's »Jazz« - show that the uncanny has developed into a crucial trope to delineate personal and collective fears that are often grounded on the postmodern disruption of spatio-temporal continuities and coherences.
