Oscillations of Literary Theory

Oscillations of Literary Theory
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781438463100
ISBN-13 : 1438463103
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Book Synopsis Oscillations of Literary Theory by : A. C. Facundo

Download or read book Oscillations of Literary Theory written by A. C. Facundo and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscillations of Literary Theory offers a new psychoanalytic approach to reading literature queerly, one that implicates queer theory without depending on explicit representations of sex or queer identities. By focusing on desire and identifications, A. C. Facundo argues that readers can enjoy the text through a variety of rhythms between two (eroticized) positions: the paranoid imperative and queer reparative. Facundo examines the metaphor of rupture as central to the logic of critique, particularly the project to undo conventional formations of identity and power. To show how readers can rebuild their relational worlds after the rupture, Facundo looks to the themes of the desire for omniscience, the queer pleasure of the text, loss and letting go, and the vanishing points that structure thinking. Analyses of Nabokov's Lolita, Danielewski's House of Leaves, Findley's The Wars, and Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go are included, which model this new approach to reading.


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