Twentieth-Century Literature : Critical Issues & Themes

By: Thody, PhilipMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Macmillan modern novelistsPublication details: Hampshire : Macmillan Press, 1996Description: xi, 301 pagesISBN: 9780333615348; 0333615344Subject(s): Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 809
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- A guide to contents -- 1. Themes, variations and constants -- 2. Visions of childhood I : the child unhappy on its own account -- 3. Visions of childhood II : the child wicked on its own account -- 4. Varieties of realism I : plays, intertextuality and myth -- 5. Varieties of realism II : censorship, the novel and the city -- 6. Varieties of realism III : naturalism, tragedy and the unconscious -- 7. Moral certainties and the problem of determinism -- 8. Moral dilemmas I : religion, ethics and some incidental truths -- 9. Moral dilemmas II : philosophy, free will and some visions of the future -- 10. Moral dilemmas III : ends, means and irony -- 11. Politics, commitment and the responsibilities of the scientist -- 12. Madness, history and sex -- 13. Magic realism, post-modernism and Toni Morrison -- Suggestions for further reading -- Notes -- Index : themes and ideas mentioned or explored -- Index : names mentioned in the text.
Summary: This introduction to 20th-century literature seeks to define what distinguishes the literature of the 20th century from that of earlier times. Particular attention is given to the problem of realism, especially in the context of the "magical realism" practised by European and non-European authors.
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Index

Acknowledgments --
Preface --
A guide to contents --
1. Themes, variations and constants --
2. Visions of childhood I : the child unhappy on its own account --
3. Visions of childhood II : the child wicked on its own account --
4. Varieties of realism I : plays, intertextuality and myth --
5. Varieties of realism II : censorship, the novel and the city --
6. Varieties of realism III : naturalism, tragedy and the unconscious --
7. Moral certainties and the problem of determinism --
8. Moral dilemmas I : religion, ethics and some incidental truths --
9. Moral dilemmas II : philosophy, free will and some visions of the future --
10. Moral dilemmas III : ends, means and irony --
11. Politics, commitment and the responsibilities of the scientist --
12. Madness, history and sex --
13. Magic realism, post-modernism and Toni Morrison --
Suggestions for further reading --
Notes --
Index : themes and ideas mentioned or explored --
Index : names mentioned in the text.


This introduction to 20th-century literature seeks to define what distinguishes the literature of the 20th century from that of earlier times. Particular attention is given to the problem of realism, especially in the context of the "magical realism" practised by European and non-European authors.

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