Novels of the Contemporary Extreme

Herausgeber: Durand, Alain-Philippe; Mandel, Naomi

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates a new form of fiction that is currently emerging in contemporary literature across the globe. 'Novels of the contemporary extreme' - from North and South America, from Europe, and the Middle East - are set in a world both similar to and different from our own: a hyper real, often apocalyptic world progressively invaded by popular culture, permeated with technology and dominated by destruction. While their writing is commonly classified as 'hip' or 'underground' literature, authors of contemporary extreme novels have often been the center of public controversy and scandal; they, and their work, become international bestsellers. This collection of essays identifies and describes this international phenomenon, investigating the appeal of these novels' styles and themes, the reasons behind their success, and the fierce debates they provoked.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Continnuum-3PL
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9781847062642
• ISBN-10: 1847062644
• Artikelnr.: 23340234

Autorenporträt

Alain-Philippe Durand Professor of French and Director of the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SILLC) at the University of Arizona, USA and Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, Brazil. Naomi Mandel is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction; Alian-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel 
Part I: Americas 
1. 'Right Here in Nowheres': American Psycho and Violence's Critique; Naomi
Mandel
2. Telling doubles and Literal Minded Reading in Bret Easton Ellis'
Glamorama; Henrik Skov Nielsen
3. Posthumous Voice and Residual Presence in Don DeLillo's The Body Artist;
Mikko Keskinen
4. A Post-Apocalyptic World: The Excremental, Abject Female Warriors of
Josée Yvon; Paula Ruth Gilbert with Colleen Lester
5. On the Impossibility of Being Contemporary in Nelly Arcan's Folle;
Martine Delvaux
6. Media-Portrayed Violence in Alberto Fuguet's Tinta roja; Jason G.
Summers
Part II: Europe and the Middle East
7. Sadomasochism, Castration and Rape: Richard Morgiève's Nightmare Theater
of Primal Scenes; Ralph Schoolcraft
8. Dantec's Inferno; Lawrence R. Schehr
9. Apocalypse Now: Fins de siècles in the French Novel; Sabine van Wesemael
10. Beyond The Extreme: Frédéric Beigbeder's Windows on the World;
Alain-Philippe Durand
11. Amélie Nothomb's Dialectic of the Sublime and the Grotesque; Martine
Guyot-Bender
12. Violence Biting Its Own Tail: Martin Amis's Yellow Dog; Jean-Michel
Ganteau
13. Beauty and Death as Simulacra in Ray Loriga's Caídos del cielo and El
hombre que inventó Manhattan; Kathryn Everly
14. Sex, Drugs, and Violence in Lucía Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, prozac
y dudas; Catherine Bourland Ross
15- On Human Parts: Orly Castel-Bloom and the Israeli Extreme; Adia
Mendelson-Maoz
Bibliography
Index