The Intermediality of Narrative Literature: Medialities Matter
Author:   Jørgen Bruhn
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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Pages:   134
Publication Date:   31 October 2015
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Author:   Jørgen Bruhn
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   2.939kg
ISBN:  

9781137578402


ISBN 10:   1137578408
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   31 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Acknowledgments.- 1. Introduction.- 2. What is Mediality, and (How) does it Matter? Theoretical Terms and Methodology.- 3. Speak, Memory? Vladimir Nabokov, “Spring in Fialta”.- 4. “This beats tapes, doesn’t it?” – Women, cathedrals, and other medialities in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”.- 5. “Great script, eh?” – Medialities, metafiction and non-meaning in Tobias Wolff’s “Bullet in the brain”.- 6. Between punk and PowerPoint: Authenticity versus medialities in Jennifer Egan’s A visit from the goon squad.- 7. Afterthoughts.- Bibliography.- Index.-

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Jorgen Bruhn's Intermediality and Narrative Literature demonstrates, in specific case studies, how mediality analysis is able to provide valuable interpretations of literary texts. As such, it is an important contribution for those who want to learn how to see literature with a fresh pair of eyes . (Translated from Portuguese, Maria Angelica Amancio, Revista Criacao & Critica, (16), 2016)


Jorgen Bruhn's Intermediality and Narrative Literature demonstrates, in specific case studies, how mediality analysis is able to provide valuable interpretations of literary texts. As such, it is an important contribution for those who want to learn how to see literature with a fresh pair of eyes . (Translated from Portuguese, Maria Angelica Amancio, Revista Criacao & Critica, (16), 2016)


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Jørgen Bruhn is Professor of Comparative Literature at Linnæus University, Sweden. His main focus areas are literary theory and criticism, intermediality and media studies, and adaptation studies. In 2013 he edited (with Anne Gjelsvik and Eirik Frisvold Hansen) and contributed to Adaptation Studies: New Challenges, New Directions.

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