York Notes Companions: New Directions : Writing Post-1990 (York Notes Companions)

Tolan, Fiona

Longman（2010/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 336 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781408204771
• DDC分類 820.90092

Full Description

A York Notes Companion for students of contemporary literature, this volume looks at the literature of our own times, shaped by recent experiences from millennial anxieties to the events of 9/11. Placing texts within a cultural and critical context, the book discusses emerging genres such as multicultural and post-colonial writing, contemporary theatre, autobiography and the neo-Victorian novel. Established writers such as A. S. Byatt, Salman Rushdie, and Carol Ann Duffy are featured alongside the newer voices of Zadie Smith, Alan Hollinghurst and Sarah Waters in a volume which offers an essential overview of the contemporary literary scene in Britain and further afield.

Contents

Part One: Introduction

 

Part Two: A Cultural Overview

 

Part Three: Texts, Writers and Contexts

 



The Neo-Victorian Novel - A. S. Byatt, Peter Carey, Sarah Waters



 Extended commentary, Waters, Fingersmith (2002)

Contemporary Theatre - Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, David Hare



Extended commentary, Kane, Blasted (1995)

Multicultural/Postcolonial Writing - Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali, Zadie Smith



Extended commentary, Ali, Brick Lane (2003)

New Diversities in Contemporary Poetry - Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Benjamin Zephaniah



Extended commentary, Duffy, Feminine Gospels (2002)

Gender and Sexuality - Jeanette Winterson, Helen Fielding, Alan Hollinghurst



Extended commentary, Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty (2004)

Writing the Self: Biography and Autobiography - Frank McCourt, David Lodge



Extended commentary, Lodge, Author, Author (2005)

Part Four: Critical theories and Debates

 



Remembering the Past
Post-Millennial Anxieties and Dystopia
Literature and Celebrity
Writing the Child

 

 

Part Five: Resources

 

Timeline

 

Further reading

 

Index