Travels of a Genre :: the Modern Novel and Ideology.

If the modern Western novel is linked to the rise of a literate bourgeoisie with particular social values and narrative expectations, to what extent can that history of the novel be anticipated in non-Western contexts? In this bold, insightful work Mary Layoun investigates the development of literar...

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1. Verfasser: Layoun, Mary N.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Schriftenreihe:Princeton legacy library.
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Zusammenfassung:If the modern Western novel is linked to the rise of a literate bourgeoisie with particular social values and narrative expectations, to what extent can that history of the novel be anticipated in non-Western contexts? In this bold, insightful work Mary Layoun investigates the development of literary practice in the Greek, Arabic, and Japanese cultures, which initially considered the novel a foreign genre, a cultural accoutrement of ""Western"" influence. Offering a textual and contextual analysis of six novels representing early twentieth-century and contemporary literary fiction in these
Beschreibung:1 online resource (286 pages)
ISBN:9781400860807
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