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Mirrors and holographic labyrinths : the process of a "new" aesthetic synthesis in the novels of John Banville

Title
Mirrors and holographic labyrinths : the process of a "new" aesthetic synthesis in the novels of John Banville / Laura P. Zuntini de Izarra.
Author
Zuntini de Izarra, Laura P.
Publication
Bethesda, Md. : International Scholars Publications, 1999.

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Description
xiv, 181 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
"This study explores the "new synthesis" proposed by John Banville, the contemporary Irish writer who foresees the end of postmodernism and the beginning of a new "ism" or synthesis in art."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Banville, John > Criticism and interpretation
  • Banville, John > Aesthetics
  • Postmodernism (Literature) > Ireland
  • Aesthetics, Modern > 20th century
  • Holography in literature
  • Labyrinths in literature
  • Mirrors in literature
  • Metaphor
Thesis (note)
  • Translation of the author's thesis written in Portuguese (doctoral)--University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1995.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Novel and the Representation of Reality -- Portraits of the Artist -- Pt. I. Illusory Reality and the Question Of Identity. The Echoes of Silence. Ambiguity: the Ripe Fruit of Postcolonial Discourse. "Cogito ergo sum" in Reverse in the Light of Postcolonial Theory. The Postcolonial Discourse Implicit in Birchwood. The Function of the Comic and the Grotesque in Postcolonial Discourse -- Pt. II. Science and Fiction. A Dialogic Encounter Between Science and Fiction. (In)validating Phenomena and Fiction. The Convenient Form. A Synthesis Emanating from Form. The Revelation of Fictional Truth. Order out of Chaos. The "Turning Point" in Literature -- Pt. III. The Art of Writing and the Visual Arts. The Labyrinth of Multiplicity. A Crossroads of Discourses. Closing Reflections: Mirrors and Holographic Labyrinths.
ISBN
  • 1573092584 (alk. paper)
  • 1573092576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
98033230
OCLC
  • 507020923
  • ocn507020923
  • SCSB-3863940
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries