Power and literature strategies of subversiveness in the Romanian novel

At the core of this book lies the relation between Power (as socio-political phenomenon) and the novel (as literary discourse). It shows that, in a society facing the excess of power in its various forms, novelistic fiction mediates knowledge about societal Power structures and uses specific strateg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oprescu, Florin
Other Authors: Oprescu, Monica ([Übersetzerin]), Popescu, Bianca ([Übersetzerin])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter 2018
Series:mimesis
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Argument
  • 1. The Criticism of Ideas on Power
  • 2. The Active Power of the Subject
  • 3. The Reflexive Power of the Subject
  • 4. The Passivity of the Subject faced with the Power of History
  • 5. The Impersonalization of Power in Contemporary Novel
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index