Introduction: Temporalizing the Present

Introduces a special issue of "Novel" on the theme "The Contemporary Novel: Imagining the Twenty-First Century". From the evidence of the essays here it seems that new modes of critical engagement are emerging for which reifying and temporalizing structures like formalism/commitm...

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Published in:Novel : a forum on fiction 2012-06, Vol.45 (2), p.159-164
Main Author: Bewes, Timothy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Literary Criticism
Literary Theory
Literature and Literary Studies
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Summary:Introduces a special issue of "Novel" on the theme "The Contemporary Novel: Imagining the Twenty-First Century". From the evidence of the essays here it seems that new modes of critical engagement are emerging for which reifying and temporalizing structures like formalism/commitment, realism/expressionism, or modernism/postmodernism are increasingly irrelevant. In current discussions, the question is more likely to involve the ontology of the work, or the "event" of it. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0029-5132
1945-8509
DOI:10.1215/00295132-1573913