Format:
vi, 291 Seiten.
ISBN:
978-1-6289-2764-1
,
978-1-6289-2765-8
Uniform Title:
Präsens
Content:
The invention of the present-tense novel is a literary event whose importance is on par with the discovery of perspective in painting. From the first novels shaped by interior monologues and the use of the present tense in the tradition of modernism, the present tense has, over the course of its century-long evolution, changed the conditions of fictional narration, along with our conceptions of time in a philosophical and linguistic framework. Indeed, to understand the work of an increasing number of contemporary writers J.M. Coetzee, Tom McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, to name only a few it is ne
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-1-6289-2767-2
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-1-6289-2766-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Prosa
;
Präsens
;
Erzähltechnik
;
Fiktion
Author information:
Avanessian, Armen 1973-
Author information:
Hennig, Anke 1971-