The Postmodern (Simon Malpas) 2005书籍

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1、THEPOSTMODERNHowcanoneunderstandthenatureofthepresent?Whatmightitmeantosaytheworldhasbecomepostmodern?Inthisbook,SimonMalpasintroducesarangeofkeytheoristsandtheoriesthathave,underthebannerofthepostmodern,soughtindifferentwaystoexploreart,cultureandthenatureofthoughtintheconte

2、mporaryworld.Heexaminessomeofthemostimportantandinfluentialdefinitionsofthepostmodern,andusesstraightforwardexamplesandillustrationstoexploretheirimplicationsforsuchareasasidentity,history,art,literature,cultureandpolitics.ThePostmodernbuildsupapictureofthekeycontemporarydeba

3、tesaboutpostmodernismandpostmodernity,enablingreaderstobegintoapproachtheprimarytextsofpostmoderntheoryandculturewithconfidence.SimonMalpasisLecturerinEnglishLiteratureatEdinburghUniversity.HeisauthorofJean-FrançoisLyotard(Routledge)andhaseditedPostmodernDebates(Palgrave)andT

4、heNewAestheticism(MUP).THENEWCRITICALIDIOMSeriesEditor:JohnDrakakis,UniversityofStirlingTheNewCriticalIdiomisaninvaluableseriesofintroductoryguidestotoday’scriticalterminology.Eachbook.providesahandy,explanatoryguidetotheuse(andabuse)oftheterm.offersanoriginalanddistinctiveov

5、erviewbyaleadingliteraryandculturalcritic.relatesthetermtothelargerfieldofculturalrepresentation.Withastrongemphasisonclarity,livelydebateandthewidestpossiblebreadthofexamples,TheNewCriticalIdiomisanindispensableapproachtokeytopicsinliterarystudies.Alsoavailableinthisseries:A

6、utobiographybyLindaAndersonLiteraturebyPeterWiddowsonClassbyGaryDayMagic(al)RealismColonialism/PostcolonialismbyMaggieAnnBowersbyAniaLoombaMetre,RhythmandVerseFormCulture/MetaculturebyPhilipHobsbaumbyFrancisMulhernModernismbyPeterChildsDifferencebyMarkCurrieMythbyLaurenceCoup

7、eDiscoursebySaraMillsNarrativebyPaulCobleyDramaticMonologueParodybySimonDentithbyGlennisByronPastoralbyTerryGiffordEcocriticismbyGregGarrardRomancebyBarbaraFuchsGendersbyDavidGloverandRomanticismbyAidanDayCoraKaplanScienceFictionbyAdamRobertsGothicbyFredBottingSexualitybyJose

8、phBristowHistoricismbyPaulHamiltonStylisticsbyRichardBradfordHumanis