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Record Nr.

UNINA9910357839203321

Autore

Campana Francesco

Titolo

The End of Literature, Hegel, and the Contemporary Novel / / by Francesco Campana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-31395-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 265 pages)

Disciplina

141.0943

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Postmodernism

Idealism, German

Literature—Philosophy

Postmodernism (Literature)

Literature, Modern—20th century

Literature, Modern—21st century

Postmodern Philosophy

German Idealism

Literary Theory

Postmodern Literature

Contemporary Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: The End of Art and the Resistance of Literature -- Chapter 2: Literature and the Other Arts -- Chapter 3: The End of Literature -- Chapter 4: Philosophisation and Ordinariness -- Chapter 5: The Contemporary Novel after the End of Literature -- Chapter 6: Conclusions -- .

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the concept of the end of literature through the lens of Hegel's philosophy of art. In his version of Hegel's 'end of art' thesis, Arthur Danto claimed that contemporary art has abandoned its distinctive sensitive and emotive features to become increasingly reflective. Contemporary art has become a question of philosophical



reflection on itself and on the world, thus producing an epochal change in art history. The core idea of this book is that this thesis applies quite well to all forms of art except one, namely literature: literature resists its 'end'. Unlike other arts, which have experienced significant fractures in the contemporary world, Campana proposes that literature has always known how to renew itself in order to retain its distinguishing features, so much so that in a way it has always come to terms with its own end. Analysing the distinct character of literature, this book proposes a new and original interpretation of the 'end of art' thesis, showing how it can be used as a key conceptual framework to understand the contemporary novel. .