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Aesthetics and Ethics in Twenty-First Century British Novels

By Peter Childs

Aesthetics and Ethics in Twenty-First Century British Novels Philosophy

Aesthetics and Ethics in Twenty-First Century British Novels

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A fresh set of concerns face the twenty-first century British novelist. In this study of the four key novelists Zadie Smith, Nadeem Aslam, Hari Kunzru and David Mitchell, the the changes in narrative approaches and critical directions of a new post-1989 fiction are explored. Close readings of the writers are informed by a range of contemporary theorists, critics and commentators to reveal the emphases of twenty-first century fiction. Terror, fear, consumerism, multinationalism, and corporatism: the terms circulating in culture and social networks are evident in Smith's faith in ethical living, Aslam's consideration of multiculturalism, the novels Kunzru builds around the politics of identity and in the importance Mitchell places on the interconnectedness of human life. By putting the emergence of a new British literary dynamic in the context of ethical as well as global contexts, this study analyzes the transformed fictional perceptions of a world no longer defined by the stand off of super powers.
Product details
Number of Pages:
172
Release Date:
2013-08-15
Publication Date:
2013-08-15
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1441114270
ISBN13:
9781441114273
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
429 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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