UID:
almahu_9948665263302882
Format:
1 online resource (106 p.)
Edition:
1st, New ed.
ISBN:
9783653013252
Series Statement:
Anglo-amerikanische Studien / Anglo-American Studies 26
Content:
Ian McEwan’s novels are characterised by innovative forms of plot-oriented storytelling that combine a pronounced interest in contemporary (British) culture and (recent) history with a concern for social and ethical questions. Novels like The Child in Time, Black Dogs, Enduring Love, and Atonement draw the reader’s attention to the difficulty, complexity, and relativity of value commitments in a world where prescriptive master narratives and old essentialisms have been debunked. This book undertakes to incorporate the discussion of storytelling and the concept of the self into the discourse of values revived by ethical critics at the turn of the millennium. Bringing together findings from philosophy, psychology, literary and cultural studies, the study introduces a concept of the self that acknowledges our ineradicable need for structures of meaning and orientation while taking into account the plurality and heterogeneity of postmodern ways of life.
Note:
Master Degree
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Contents: The ethical turn in literary studies – Facing contingency – Inescapable frameworks and shifting horizons: Towards a narrative concept of the self – Being a self to yourself: Identity and orientation – Self among other selves: Autonomy versus commitment – Selfhood and cultural tradition – Stories of the self: The two cultures debate, science versus literature – Metaphysician meets ironist: Rationalism, scientism, and mysticism – The impact of the singular on the concept of the self: Dealing with epistemological crises – Love, loss, and guilt: The emotional geography of the self – Towards greater solidarity: Introducing the liberal ironist.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783631527825
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3726/978-3-653-01325-2
URL:
https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/56805?format=EPDF
