M. Greaney, Contemporary Fiction and the Uses of Theory

GREANEY, Micheal, Contemporary Fiction and the Uses of Theory. The Novel from Stururalism to Postmodernism, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 208 p.

ISBN : 1-4039-9146-4

Description

This topical study examines the novelizations of radical literary theory in the work of A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Umberto Eco, John Fowles, Richard Powers, and many other leading novelists. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the post-theoretical novel and traces an alternative history of the theory revolution in the pages of recent literary fiction.
 

Author Bio

Michael Greaney is a Lecturer in English at Lancaster University.

Table of contents

Introduction: Theory in(to) fiction * The Structuralist Novel * From Structuralism to Dialogics * The 'Culture Wars' and Beyond * Foucauldian Fictions * Feminism versus Poststructuralism * The Vanishing Author * Criminal Signs * The Novelist in Hyperreality * Conclusion: Fiction after Theory * Index