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    States of Exception in the Contemporary Novel

    Martel, Eugenides, Coetzee, Sebald

    AvArne De Boever

    Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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    In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a "state of exception": an emergency situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. In such a situation, the need for good decisions is felt ever more strongly. This book investigates the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of various decisions represented in novels published around 9/11: Martel's Life of Pi, Eugenides' Middlesex, Coetzee's Disgrace, and Sebald's Austerlitz. De Boever's readings of the novels revolve around what he calls the aesthetic decision.' Which aesthetics do the characters and narrators in the novels adopt in a situation of crisis? How do these aesthetic decisions relate to the ethical and political decisions represented in the novels? What can they reveal about real-life ethical and political decisions? This book uncovers the politics of allegory, autobiography, focalization, and montage in today's planetary state of exception.

    Produktinformation

    • Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-08
    • Mått:138 x 216 x 13 mm
    • Vikt:360 g
    • Format:Inbunden
    • Språk:Engelska
    • Antal sidor:176
    • Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
    • ISBN:9781441125972

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    Arne De Boever (Ph.D. Columbia University) is Assistant Professor of American Studies in the School of Critical Studies, California Institute of the Arts, USA. He has published journal articles and book chapters on literature, film, and critical theory and is one of the editors of Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy.

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    "Arne De Boever offers a strikingly consistent and nuanced analysis of four important contemporary novels. His interdisciplinary theoretical approach, which combines present-day political theory with in-depth literary criticism, generates innovative insights. This highly readable book provides convincing and often fascinating interpretations that will be of value to students and scholars of literature as well as critical/political theory." -- Hilde Staels, Associate Professor of English Literature / Literary Theory, University of Leuven, Belgium

    Innehållsförteckning

    • Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Decision Time; A. September 11 and the Aesthetic Decision; B. The Chapters; C. Schmitt, Hobbes, Benjamin, Burnham; Chapter One: States of Exception in Yann Martel's Life of Pi; A. Introduction; B. Political State of Exception; C. Psychic State of Exception; D. Theological State of Exception; E. The Politics of Allegory; Chapter Two: Autobiography and Human Rights in Jeffrey; Eugenides' Middlesex; A. A Failure of Reading; B. Reading Human Rights; C. The Political Life of Sex; D. Sex in Theory; E/ Autobiography and Messianism; Chapter Three: Literary Economies in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace; A. Disgrace, Once More; B. The Circular Economy of Violence; C. Reading Incest; D. Lucy's Count; E. Lucy as "the part of those who have no part"; F. From Animals to Aesthetic Economy; Chapter Four: Architectures of Exception in W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz; A. Architecture, Trauma, and the Camps; B. Reading Fortifications; C. The Cabinet of Wonder; D. Architectures of the Uncanny; E. Moving Testimony; F. The Novel in Motion; or: The Politics of Austerlitz's Aesthetic; Conclusion: From Exception to Care; A. Crisis and Play; B. Biopolitics, the Novel, and Care; Bibliographic References; Index.