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Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend D. Sawyer

Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend By D. Sawyer

Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend by D. Sawyer

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This original study examines Jean-Francois Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer.

Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend Summary

Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend by D. Sawyer

This original study examines Jean-Francois Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer.

Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend Reviews

Working with and yet also moving beyond Lyotard's philosophy, this provocative, wide-ranging and innovative work of literary theory makes challenging and timely arguments about literature in relation to politics, ethics, suffering and finally - silence. - Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

'Sawyer's work is a necessary and lyrical account (and calling-to-account) of literature in the face of Lyotard's differend. It is both deeply personal and critically alert, offering a nuanced and sustained negotiation with Lyotard and his philosophy in relation to

literature, its subjects, and what remains, after all, unsaid.' Will Slocombe, University of Liverpool, UK

About D. Sawyer

Dylan Sawyer received his English Literature Doctorate from Aberystwyth University and his MA in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick, UK. His research interests are Post-War Continental Philosophy and late 20th Century Fiction.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Differend and Beyond 2. Housed Exile 3. Homer and Ondaatje 4. The Traumatic Sublime Bibliography Conclusion

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NLS9781349480500
9781349480500
1349480509
Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend by D. Sawyer
D. Sawyer
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2014-01-01
259
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