The otherworlds of Liz Jensen a critical reading
Liz Jensen, a British author of eight novels, is among today's most innovative writers. Her literary thrillers occupy the terrain between realism and science fiction. This first study of Jensen centers on the very diverse "otherworlds" she creates in each of her novels, which can cons...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rochester, NY :
Camden House
2016.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Studies in English and American literature and culture. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42047511*spi |
| Sumario: | Liz Jensen, a British author of eight novels, is among today's most innovative writers. Her literary thrillers occupy the terrain between realism and science fiction. This first study of Jensen centers on the very diverse "otherworlds" she creates in each of her novels, which can consist of an indeterminate space of ontological instability, a zone in which real and unreal converge to destabilize the realist text, as in <I>Egg Dancing</I> (1995) and <I>The Ninth Life of Louis Drax</I> (2004). In other novels the otherworld relies on defamiliarization: thus in <I>War Crimes for the Home</I> (2002) the experience of war is transformed by being seen from a woman's perspective. In still other cases, the otherworld spans the novel's entire topos, as in <I>The Paper Eater</I> (2000), the full-blown utopia at the center of Jensen's oeuvre.<BR> Jensen's work approaches contemporary social issues such as religious fundamentalism, ecological disaster, and assisted procreation. Simultaneously, itdisplays a number of characteristics of erudite fiction, including self-reflexivity, inter- and intratextual reference, parody, pastiche, and burlesque. Notwithstanding the "popular" elements of Jensen's work, Helen E. Mundler's study adopts a rigorously academic approach to it, referencing canonical works but also more innovative texts, particularly by contemporary women writers, as points of comparison.<BR><BR> Helen E. Mundler is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at UPEC (Université Paris-Est Créteil) with a research affiliation at the Université Paris-X Nanterre-La Défense.<BR><BR> |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Jun 2017). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (232 p.) |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781782048268 |
