Narrative ethics /
Narrative ethics /:

The ethics of literature, formalists have insisted, resides in the moral quality of a character, a story, perhaps the relation between author and reader. But in the wake of deconstruction and various forms of criticism focusing on difference, the ethical question has been freshly engaged by literary...

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1. Verfasser: Newton, Adam Zachary
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
Schlagworte:
1900-1999
Ethics in literature.
Fiction > Moral and ethical aspects.
Philosophy, Modern > 20th century.
Ethics, Modern > 20th century.
Narration (Rhetoric)
American fiction > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Morale dans la littérature.
Roman > Aspect moral.
Philosophie > 20e siècle.
Morale > 20e siècle.
Narration.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
English literature > Theory, etc.
Ethics in literature
Ethics, Modern
Fiction > Moral and ethical aspects
Philosophy, Modern
Vertelkunst.
Fictie.
Ethiek.
Engels.
Literatuurkritiek.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Zusammenfassung:The ethics of literature, formalists have insisted, resides in the moral quality of a character, a story, perhaps the relation between author and reader. But in the wake of deconstruction and various forms of criticism focusing on difference, the ethical question has been freshly engaged by literary studies, and to this approach Adam Newton brings a startling new thrust. His book makes a compelling case for understanding narrative as ethics. Assuming an intrinsic and necessary connection between the two, Newton explores the ethical consequences of telling stories and fictionalizing character, and the reciprocal claims binding teller, listener, witness, and reader in the process. He treats these relations as defining properties of prose fiction, of particular import in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts.
Newton's fresh and nuanced readings cover a wide range of authors and periods, from Charles Dickens to Kazuo Ishiguro and Julian Barnes, from Herman Melville to Richard Wright, from Joseph Conrad and Henry James to Sherwood Anderson and Stephen Crane. An original work of theory as well as a deft critical performance, Narrative Ethics also stakes a claim for itself as moral inquiry. To that end, Newton braids together the ethical-philosophical projects of Emmanuel Levinas, Stanley Cavell, and Mikhail Bakhtin as a kind of chorus for his textual analyses - an elegant bridge between philosophy's ear and literary criticism's voice. His work will generate enormous interest among scholars and students of English and American literature, as well as specialists in narrative and literary theory, hermeneutics, and contemporary philosophy.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 335 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-329) and index.
ISBN:9780674041462
0674041461

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