Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend

Sawyer, D.

This original study examines Jean-François Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349480500

DOI: 10.1057/9781137383358

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 259