Postmodern ethics : Sciascia's and Tabucchi's re-appropriation of committed writing 1975-2005 / / by Elizabeth Wren-Owens

• Autore: Wren-Owens Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 853.91409
• Soggetto topico: Italian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Ethics in literature; Postmodernism
• Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Warwick, 2005) presented under the title: The phoenix speaks: the reclamation of socio-political engagement in the works of Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi, 1975-2005.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-204) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Text and society : text in society -- pt. II. Engagement through spatial respresentations -- pt. III. The challenge of communication -- pt. IV. The challenges of intertextuality and self-reflexivity -- pt. V. Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Postmodern Ethics offers a new perspective on debates surrounding the role of the intellectual in Italian society, and provides an original reading of two important Italian contemporary writers, Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi. It examines the ways in which the two writers use literature to engage with their socio-political environment in a climate informed by the doubts and scepticism of postmodernism, after traditional forms of impegno had been abandoned. Postmodern Ethics explores w...
• Titolo autorizzato: Postmodern ethics
• ISBN: 1-4438-1077-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828305403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II