Showing papers by "Tzvetan Todorov published in 1976"
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TL;DR: This article argued that even the genres of the nineteenth century (though not altogether genres to our way of thinking)-poetry, the novelseem to be disintegrating in our era, at least in the literature "that counts."
Abstract: TO PERSIST in discussing genres today might seem like an idle if not obviously anachronistic pastime. Everyone knows that they existed in the good old days of the classics-ballads, odes, sonnets, tragedies, and comedies-but today? Even the genres of the nineteenth century (though not altogether genres to our way of thinking)-poetry, the novelseem to be disintegrating in our era, at least in the literature "that counts." As Maurice Blanchot wrote of one modem writer, Hermann Broch: "Like many other authors of our era, he experienced that impetuous impulse of literature that no longer tolerates the distinction of genres and wants to shatter the limits."
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