The Resource The poetics of protest : literary form and political implication in the victim-of-society novel, George Goodin
The poetics of protest : literary form and political implication in the victim-of-society novel, George Goodin
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- Summary
- Goodin takes a formalistic approach to political expression in the victim-of-society novel, asking the question, how do the formal features of the novel constrain thematic expression? He notes that the writer must balance the protagonist's role as victim against the role as resilient human being capable of dealing with his or her problems. If the protagonist is too strong, both help and reform become unnecessary; if too weak, the situation becomes hopeless, thus limiting the power and appeal of the work as art and as political protest. Goodin offers a schema of different types of victims: the innocent, the virtuous, the flawed, and the pseudo, examining twenty different novels. He concludes by examining the options the writers have with respect to the character and fate of their protagonists. Hewing to a rather old-fashioned insistence on the interaction between the text and society, Goodin suggests that even though imperfect, these novels probably have decreased the amount of injustice in the real world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 219 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction: A problem in composition
- The innocent victim: Oliver Twist, Ivan Denisovich, The dollmaker
- The virtuous victim: Les misérables, Billy Budd, The power and the glory, Uncle Tom's cabin
- The flawed victim: An American tragedy, L'Assommoir, Native son, The red and the black
- The pseudo victim: Catch-22, Ivan Chonkin, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Tobacco Road
- Permutations and combinations: Bleak House, Grapes of wrath, Fontamara, The fratricides
- Conclusion: Literary form and political implication
- Isbn
- 9780585079523
- Label
- The poetics of protest : literary form and political implication in the victim-of-society novel
- Title
- The poetics of protest
- Title remainder
- literary form and political implication in the victim-of-society novel
- Statement of responsibility
- George Goodin
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Fiction -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Literature and society
- Literature and society
- Littérature et société
- Narration
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Political fiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature
- Politique et littérature
- Roman -- Histoire et critique
- Romans
- Slachtoffers
- Sociaal protest
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Literary
- Victims in literature
- Victims in literature
- Political fiction -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Goodin takes a formalistic approach to political expression in the victim-of-society novel, asking the question, how do the formal features of the novel constrain thematic expression? He notes that the writer must balance the protagonist's role as victim against the role as resilient human being capable of dealing with his or her problems. If the protagonist is too strong, both help and reform become unnecessary; if too weak, the situation becomes hopeless, thus limiting the power and appeal of the work as art and as political protest. Goodin offers a schema of different types of victims: the innocent, the virtuous, the flawed, and the pseudo, examining twenty different novels. He concludes by examining the options the writers have with respect to the character and fate of their protagonists. Hewing to a rather old-fashioned insistence on the interaction between the text and society, Goodin suggests that even though imperfect, these novels probably have decreased the amount of injustice in the real world
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Goodin, George
- Dewey number
- 809.3/93520694
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN3448.P6
- LC item number
- G66 1985eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Politics and literature
- Literature and society
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Victims in literature
- Roman
- Politique et littérature
- Littérature et société
- Narration
- TRAVEL
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Fiction
- Literature and society
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Political fiction
- Politics and literature
- Victims in literature
- Romans
- Sociaal protest
- Slachtoffers
- Label
- The poetics of protest : literary form and political implication in the victim-of-society novel, George Goodin
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: A problem in composition -- The innocent victim: Oliver Twist, Ivan Denisovich, The dollmaker -- The virtuous victim: Les misérables, Billy Budd, The power and the glory, Uncle Tom's cabin -- The flawed victim: An American tragedy, L'Assommoir, Native son, The red and the black -- The pseudo victim: Catch-22, Ivan Chonkin, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Tobacco Road -- Permutations and combinations: Bleak House, Grapes of wrath, Fontamara, The fratricides -- Conclusion: Literary form and political implication
- Control code
- ocm44962686
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 219 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780585079523
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o44962686
- (OCoLC)44962686
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The poetics of protest : literary form and political implication in the victim-of-society novel, George Goodin
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: A problem in composition -- The innocent victim: Oliver Twist, Ivan Denisovich, The dollmaker -- The virtuous victim: Les misérables, Billy Budd, The power and the glory, Uncle Tom's cabin -- The flawed victim: An American tragedy, L'Assommoir, Native son, The red and the black -- The pseudo victim: Catch-22, Ivan Chonkin, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Tobacco Road -- Permutations and combinations: Bleak House, Grapes of wrath, Fontamara, The fratricides -- Conclusion: Literary form and political implication
- Control code
- ocm44962686
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 219 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780585079523
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o44962686
- (OCoLC)44962686
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Fiction -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Literature and society
- Literature and society
- Littérature et société
- Narration
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Political fiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature
- Politique et littérature
- Roman -- Histoire et critique
- Romans
- Slachtoffers
- Sociaal protest
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Literary
- Victims in literature
- Victims in literature
- Political fiction -- History and criticism
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