LEADER 05497nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910809827203321 005 20240516120746.0 010 $a1-280-49732-7 010 $a9786613592552 010 $a90-272-7398-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151261 035 $a(EBL)861558 035 $a(OCoLC)777375690 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000612825 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11362752 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612825 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10586748 035 $a(PQKB)11738734 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC861558 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL861558 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10534224 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151261 100 $a19960328d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe search for a new alphabet $eliterary studies in a changing world : in honor of Douwe Fokkema /$fedited by Harald Hendrix ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55619-510-9 311 $a90-272-2156-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTHE SEARCH FOR A NEW ALPHABET LITERARY STUDIES IN A CHANGING WORLDIN HONOR OF DOUWE FOKKEMA; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; The Art of Being Anti-Conventional The Case of the Prose Poem; References; From Over-Confidence to Clear and Present Danger Comparative Literature and Intellectual Fashion; References; Literature, Cultural Relativism and the Efficacy of Cognitive Minimalism; Reference; Hermeneutics as a Quest for Literary Conjunctions and Conjectures; References; Ancient Lyric Poetry and Modern Theory; References 327 $aFact and Fiction Isocrates on Truth and the Rules for the EncomiumReferences; Dialogue and Direct Discourse; References; To Purify the Language; Towards the Study of the Canon in Brazilian Literature: Machado de Assis and Jean-Ferdinand Denis; References; Semiotics and Liberal Arts Education; References; On the Need for New Comparative Literature Handbooks; To Join Instruction with Delight On Literary Studies and Literary History; References; Globalization and Literary Value; Cultural Values in a Multicultural Perspective; Is there such a thing as American culture?; How can we study culture? 327 $aReferencesPolyfunctional or Monofunctional Language?; Canons in Linguistic, Stylistic and Literary Competence; References; Historical Referentiality as a Condition of Literary History; References; The Parnassus of the Twenty-First Century Turns into a K2; References; Daughter of Theology; Literary Genres and Intercultural (Mis)Understanding; Bakhtin's concept of speech genres and monologization; Literary genres, monologization, and intercultural (mis)understanding; Monologization in the travel story; The dilution of the picaresque novel; Some concluding remarks; References 327 $aBrutalization of Cultural and Universal Values in Marlene van Niekerk's Triomf Relativity of Cultural Relativism or Redefinition of Universal Validity?References; The Conventions of Interpretation; Notes; References; Post-Totalitarian Culture in a Postmodern Labyrinth From the Perspective of Poland; Does the Polish government support Postmodernism?; References; Theory, Theories, Theorizing and Cultural Relativism; References; Literary Theory and the Dynamics of the Media Age Static versus Dynamic Models; References; Censorship and Literature in a Democratic South Africa 327 $aAgainst Interpretation Hermeneutics and Empirical StudiesReferences; Justifying the Canon; References; Canonsand Comparatists; Notes; Canons in Context; Analyzing school canons; Conclusion; References; Interpretation and Explanation; References; Influence Versus Intertextuality; The Structure of Literary Revolutions; Cultural Relativism and Models for Literary Studies; Models of studying literary relations; Intracultural literary studies; Intercultural literary studies; Crosscultural literary studies; The pragmatics of model-based applications; Where Invention and Representation Meet 327 $aReferences 330 $aLiterary Studies is currently going through a deep transformation, preparing itself for the launch into the twenty-first century.The present volume, which is dedicated to Douwe Fokkema on the occasion of his retirement from Utrecht University, captures this transformation in a number of squibs by a select international group of scholars. Topics dealt with are: canon formation, conventions, cultural relativism, hermeneutics vs. empirical studies, and the problem of values, all themes very much central to current discussions in comparative literature and literary theory. Taken together the 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aCanon (Literature) 606 $aHermeneutics 606 $aCultural relativism 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aCanon (Literature) 615 0$aHermeneutics. 615 0$aCultural relativism. 676 $a809 701 $aFokkema$b Douwe Wessel$f1931-2011.$0198984 701 $aHendrix$b Harald$0221577 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809827203321 996 $aThe search for a new alphabet$94092502 997 $aUNINA