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The nouvelles of Henry James : a phenomeno-generic approach

From Introduction: The present work is about the nouvelles of Henry James and not about phenomenology. That is to say that I am more concerned with James's use of the form of the nouvelle than with the illustration of a method. But, as Roland Barthes has pointed out: "How can we tell the novel from the short story, the tale from the myth, suspense drama from tragedy ... without reference to a common model? Any critical attempt to describe even the most specific, the most historically orientated narrative form implies such a model. "I Hence, because phenomenology is somewhat alien to the Anglo-American critical sensibility, I must temporarily reverse this emphasis and discuss the phenomenological "model" that underlies my investigation of James and the nouvelle form. Elsewhere phenomenological theory will take precedence only when it throws light on what is a highly elusive genre.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:2168
Date January 1979
CreatorsBijker, Antony Jan
PublisherRhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, English
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Thesis, Masters, MA
Format293 leaves, pdf
RightsBijker, Antony Jan

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