| Rewriting Reality: An Introduction to Elfriede Jelinek Contributor(s): Fiddler, Allyson (Author), Flower, John A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0854967761 ISBN-13: 9780854967766 Publisher: Berg 3pl OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1994 Annotation: This book, the first substantive study of Jelinek's writing, explains how these modern myths are translated and re-worked in Jerlinek's fiction and how, by means of parody, satire, commentary and other linguistic and narrative and dramatic strategies, Jelinek suggests that the 'reality' of life is more accurately portrayed by her own very negative and exaggerated picture of brutality, ignorance and perversion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 838.914 |
| LCCN: 94018346 |
| Series: New Directions in European Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.65" W x 8.81" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This first systematic study of the controversial Austrian feminist writer, Elfriede Jelinek, offers an extensive survey and analysis of Jelinek's major texts and a discussion of the literary techniques which characterise her writing. Background contextual information on historical and literary developments is provided to help the reader gain a better understanding of Jelinek's writing and her place within current international debates on feminism and literary theory. |