Symbolic Significance in the Stories of Raymond Carver
As the Reagan-era 1980s began to leak into the 1990s, literary theorists were finding shimmering traces of postmodernism across nearly every literary page. Suddenly it was fashionable to sniff out postmodernism in the unlikeliest places – even in the narratives of writers working squarely within the...
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| フォーマット: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| 言語: | Anglais |
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2006
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| オンライン･アクセス: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 要約: | As the Reagan-era 1980s began to leak into the 1990s, literary theorists were finding shimmering traces of postmodernism across nearly every literary page. Suddenly it was fashionable to sniff out postmodernism in the unlikeliest places – even in the narratives of writers working squarely within the traditions of realistic fiction. One such writer was Raymond Carver, whose work excited something of a stir when contemporary critics began to assure each other that Carver had been a true postmodernist all along. Though I was as enamoured by the aura of postmodernism as anyone else at the time, I was not convinced that the label described Carver well. My resulting essay is presented here virtually as it originally appeared and should be read within that specific critical context – a snapshot in a debate within Carver criticism that seemed terribly important at the time. And, most of two decades later, I stand by its conclusions. |
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