Overview
The postmodern novel was a surprisingly and often poorly understood phenomenon of the 1980s and 1990s, in which many artists explored issues of how art represents the world. These works are characterized by a certain self-reflexivity, a determination to foreground the process of artistic creation, and the previously often backgrounded role played by the artist. Linda Hutcheon's groundbreaking exploration of postmodernism in Canadian fiction, first published in 1988, provides a clear and fascinating explanation of this tendency towards self-consciousness and self-parody in many of the novels of this period. Her original choice of a cover design by artist Nigel Scott is a clue to the self-reflexive nature of postmodern art, and is reproduced again in this new edition of Hutcheon's excellent study. The Canadian Postmodern examines the theory and practice of postmodernism as seen through both contemporary cultural theory and the writings of Audrey Thomas, Michael Ondaatje, Robert Kroetsch, Margaret Atwood, Timothy Findley, Jack Hodgins, Aritha Van Herk, Leonard Cohen, Susan Swan, Clark Blaise, George Bowering, and others.A new preface by Aritha van Herk looks back on Hutcheon's key contributions to the field of postmodern fiction in Canada - and how this phenomenon looks some twenty years later.
Full Product Details
Author: Linda Hutcheon (Professor, Department of English and of the Centre for Comparative Literature, Professor, Department of English and of the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Canada
Imprint: Oxford University Press, Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.284kg
ISBN: 9780199001798
ISBN 10: 0199001790
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 20 December 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Hutcheon has produced an impressive criticism which withstands the toll of time. --The Prairie Journal
Hutcheon has produced an impressive criticism which withstands the toll of time. --The Prairie Journal
"""Hutcheon has produced an impressive criticism which withstands the toll of time."" --The Prairie Journal"
Author Information
Linda Hutcheon, O.C., is a professor of English and of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto who has published in the fields of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian studies. In 2000 she was elected the 117th president of the Modern Language Association, the third Canadian to hold this position, and the first Canadian woman.
