Showing papers in "Critique-studies in Contemporary Fiction in 1990"
TL;DR: The authors deconstructs the New York Trilogy of Paul Auster's anti-detective fiction and proposes a new anti-Detective novel, The New York trilogy, based on the same authors.
Abstract: (1990). Deconstructing The New York Trilogy: Paul Auster's Anti-Detective Fiction. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 71-84.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Pynchon's Vineland is described as an "attenuated postmodernism" in the context of contemporary fiction, and the authors present a critique of it.
Abstract: (1990). Attenuated Postmodernism: Pynchon's Vineland. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 32, Vineland, pp. 67-76.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss families, snitches, and recuperation in Pynchon's Vineland in the context of contemporary fiction, focusing on families and snitches.
Abstract: (1990). “Who was Saved?” Families, Snitches, and Recuperation in Pynchon's Vineland. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 32, Vineland, pp. 77-91.
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TL;DR: Pynchon's World and its Legendary Past: Humor and the Absurd in a Twentieth-Century Vineland as discussed by the authors is a collection of essays from the 1990s.
Abstract: (1990). Pynchon's World and its Legendary Past: Humor and the Absurd in a Twentieth-Century Vineland. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 32, Vineland, pp. 107-125.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Carver and Postmodern Humanism are discussed in the context of contemporary fiction and post-modern humanism, and Carver's work is discussed in detail.
Abstract: (1990). Raymond Carver and Postmodern Humanism. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 125-136.
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TL;DR: In this article, the postmodern and the post-apocalyptic in Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera are discussed. But the authors focus on the second-person narration.
Abstract: (1990). “A Second Chance on Earth”: The Postmodern and the Post-Apocalyptic in Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 15-26.
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TL;DR: In this article, the reader as Discoverer M David Lodge's Small World is described as a "small world" and the reader is asked to find the discovery of the small world.
Abstract: (1990). The Reader as Discoverer M David Lodge's Small World. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 47-57.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the Decentered Authority in Bobbie Ann Mason's "In Country" is discussed, and a discussion of the author's authority in the book is presented.
Abstract: (1990). Decentered Authority in Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 199-212.
TL;DR: In this article, Coover's Comedy of Conflicting Fictional Codes is described as a "comedy of conflicting fictional codes" with a "conflicting moral code".
Abstract: (1990). Coover's Comedy of Conflicting Fictional Codes. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 85-99.
TL;DR: The Secret of Wide Sargasso Sea as mentioned in this paper is a novel about the secret of wide sargasso sea, which is also related to our work, but is different in many ways.
Abstract: (1990). The Secret of Wide Sargasso Sea. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 185-197.
TL;DR: In this article, Affirming the artistic past: The Witness of what's Bred in the Bone is presented as a way to "affirm the artistic past" in literature.
Abstract: (1990). Affirming the Artistic Past: The Witness of what's Bred in the Bone. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 27-38.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss individual and societal entropy in le Carre's A Perfect Spy and compare it with other works in contemporary fiction and non-fiction, focusing on individual and social entropy.
Abstract: (1990). Individual and Societal Entropy in le Carre's A Perfect Spy. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 112-124.