Literary Encounters of Fundamentalism
Produktnummer:
1828bcaec8d49f4b3b8d6ceb9a7c1c4f3e
Themengebiete: | Aufsatzsammlung Dogmen Englisch Fundamentalismus Fundamentalismus in Literatur Geschichte Instrumentalisierung Literatur Religionsstreit Terrorismus |
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Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.09.2008 |
EAN: | 9783825354602 |
Auflage: | 1 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 341 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Herausgeber: | Kern-Stähler, Annette Stierstorfer, Klaus |
Verlag: | Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg |
Untertitel: | A Case Book |
Produktinformationen "Literary Encounters of Fundamentalism"
Literature, literary interpretation and criticism have always had an interestingly paradoxical relationship with fundamentalism: fundamentalisms are generally built on texts, which can be sacred and exclusive, and on a claim to exclusive authority for interpretation. Therefore they tend to see the cornucopian profusion of texts and interpretations so typical of Western concepts of Literature as a threat; a circumstance which has been widely exploited by writers and critics to engage with fundamentalism on its home turf. The volume addresses the cultural given that the term 'fundamentalism' has acquired such wide-spread currency, at least in the West. In their various approaches, the contributions examine what fundamentalism has come to signify for those who use the term so extensively and so indiscriminately; and they try to establish what this implies for reaching more productive and positive positions in negotiating fundamentalisms. In doing so, the contributors offer investigations of literary approaches to fundamentalism across a wide range of important contemporary discourses and from a number of cultural perspectives. Readers will expand their understanding of the significance of fundamentalism, and of the value of literature as a highly specialized medium for explorations in this field.

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