The Novel and the Globalization of Culture
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Bringing together canonical European authors with authors from the Third World, this book analyzes the emergence of the modern global novel, and the way it mirrors the underlying process of cultural globalization. Through detailed readings of Stendhal, Hardy, Conrad, Achebe, and Vargas Llosa,
this study reveals how the spread of Western modernity--materially and culturally--has been shadowed by the destruction of traditional societies. These novels focus on the individual tragedies of those who represent pre-modern ways of life; in the process, offering a corrective to Hegel's abstruse
philosophy of history. From rural Victorian England to the Malay Archipelago, and from the Igbo heartland in Africa to the backlands of Brazil, a global narrative unfolds, one where the forces of modernization clash with the defenders of traditional society. Moses contributes to the ongoing debate
on Alexandre Koj`eve and the "end of history", while, at the same time, moving beyond sterile oppositions--canonical versus non-canonical works, formal literary criticism versus political/historical critique. With its new conceptualization of modernity and globalization, this book will interest the
literary scholar, cultural critic, social scientist, and political theorist.
The Novel and the Globalization of Culture,Michael Valdez Moses,Oxford University Press, USA,0195089529,19th century,20th century,English fiction,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,History,History and criticism,Literary Collections,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature and anthropology,Literature: Classics,Cultural studies,English,Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Literature/English | British Literature | 20th C,Novels, other prose & writers
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