文本之外:由佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德的小说及文学生涯看文学研究
内容提要 :
本书以研讨单一作者小说生涯为经,以跨文学的人文社会哲学为纬,交织出微观细腻与宏观梳理并具的研究结构,对当代英国小说的传统与革新及20世纪以来文学理论的影响给予了翔实的对照评析。本书讨论了当代英格兰知名作家佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德的小说主题、语言风格、文类运用,归纳和分析了她的人文主义精神传统,论证了她同时身为当代小说评论家的身份。在理论视野上,则延伸到在性别/创作交互下女作家对女权思想的选用,后现代主义语言对以传统写实风格见长的一代作家的冲击,被小说语言文本化、塑化的国族观念,以及文学创作与文化产业运作之间的复杂关系。
目录 :
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION:THE PARADOX
1.1)Point of Departure 1.2)Inquiries and Methodologies PART ONE:CONVENTION AND CONSERVATISM CHAPTER 2 A WRITER IN THE WRONG TIME?CONTEXT AND THEME 2.1)Postˉwar Fiction and Tradition 2.2)A Novelist of Christian Humanity CHAPTER 3 A VERY ENGLISH KIND OF WRITING:“ENGLISHNESS” 3.1)Stylistic Features of “Englishness” 3.2)Notions of “Englishness” 3.3)Genre and Readership 3.4)The Establishment View of Literature PART TWO:POLITICS OF READING CHAPTER 4 WRITING IN THE POSTMODERN ERA 4.1)Fitzgerald and Postmodernism 4.2)Historical Fiction Revisited CHAPTER 5 CONFORMITY OR DISSENT:IDENTITY AND WRITING 5.1)National Identity vs Personal Identity 5.2)Writing about Power 5.3)Writing about Class 5.4)Writing about Women CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION:A VOICE OF RESTRAINT 6.1)Fitzgerald s Literary Career 6.2)Fitzgerald:a Minor Classic of Literature? AFTERWORD APPENDICES APPENDIX A:EXPLORATORY SURVEY APPENDIX B:PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS APPENDIX C:LIST OF PENELOPE FITZGERALD S LITERARY BIBLIOGRAPHIES BIBLIOGRAPHY A:PRIMARY MATERIALS BY PENELOPE FITZGERALD BIBLIOGRAPHY B:WRITINGS ABOUT PENELOPE FITZGERALD BIBLIOGRAPHY C:LIST OF CRITICAL READING |