{"product_id":"theorizing-literature-literary-theory-in-contemporary-novels-and-their-analysis-hardcover","title":"Theorizing Literature: Literary Theory in Contemporary Novels - And Their Analysis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErik Schilling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an analytical model for the interpretation of theory-informed novels - American, English, French, German, and Italian - from the past 50 years. Works discussed include Laurent Binet's \u003ci\u003eThe 7th Function of Language\u003c\/i\u003e, Italo Calvino's \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, Patricia Duncker's \u003ci\u003eHallucinating Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e, Umberto Eco's \u003ci\u003eFoucault's Pendulum\u003c\/i\u003e, David Lodge's \u003ci\u003eSmall World\u003c\/i\u003e, and Juli Zeh's \u003ci\u003eDark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e. Erik Schilling shows how these works not only incorporate elements of theory in playful, intertextual ways, but productively work with theory - for instance, by elaborating the complexities of the roles of author and reader or by confronting the quest for meaning with an infinite network of signs. Schilling argues that the novels do not merely adopt theory; they create theory - and this theorizing literature requires new forms of interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an analytical model for the interpretation of theory-informed novels - American, English, French, German, and Italian - from the past 50 years. Works discussed include Laurent Binet's \u003ci\u003eThe 7th Function of Language\u003c\/i\u003e, Italo Calvino's \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, Patricia Duncker's \u003ci\u003eHallucinating Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e, Umberto Eco's \u003ci\u003eFoucault's Pendulum\u003c\/i\u003e, David Lodge's \u003ci\u003eSmall World\u003c\/i\u003e, and Juli Zeh's \u003ci\u003eDark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e. Erik Schilling shows how these works not only incorporate elements of theory in playful, intertextual ways, but productively work with theory - for instance, by elaborating the complexities of the roles of author and reader or by confronting the quest for meaning with an infinite network of signs. Schilling argues that the novels do not merely adopt theory; they create theory - and this theorizing literature requires new forms of interpretation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Schilling\u003c\/b\u003e teaches German and Comparative Literature at the University of Munich, Germany. He was a postdoctoral scholar at Harvard and Oxford and, in 2020, he was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prize of the German Research Foundation. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Authenticity: The Career of a Longing\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eThe Historical Novel since Postmodernism: Umberto Eco and German Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Schilling\u003c\/b\u003e teaches German and Comparative Literature at the University of Munich, Germany. He was a postdoctoral scholar at Harvard and Oxford and, in 2020, he was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prize of the German Research Foundation. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Authenticity: The Career of a Longing\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eThe Historical Novel since Postmodernism: Umberto Eco and German Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 207\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773302702368,"sku":"9783031533259","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a9921fddaedd3f786b2a9c879f8ecb31_cd8164b5-e90a-46f4-974f-07537662d207.webp?v=1780424098","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/theorizing-literature-literary-theory-in-contemporary-novels-and-their-analysis-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}