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LITERARY HISTORY, MODERNISM, AND POSTMODERNISM

UTRECHT PUBLICATIONS IN GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Utrechtse Publikaties voor Algemene Literatuurwetenschap (UPAL)

Series Editors: Keith Busby C. de Deugd J.J. Oversteegen Institute of General and Comparative Literature Utrecht, The Netherlands The volumes to be included in the series will fall into three main groups: a) studies which contribute to the understanding of the problems of literary theory, past and present; b) works which can be said to fill existing lacunae in the fields of general and comparative literature, including text editions; c) works which reflect the research interests of the department itself. This includes comparative literature from the Middle Ages to the present, as well as particular aspects of and approaches to the theory of literature.

Volume 19

Douwe W. Fokkema Literary History, Modernism, and Postmodernism

Douwe W. Fokkema

LITERARY HISTORY, MODERNISM, AND POSTMODERNISM

(The Harvard University Erasmus Lectures, Spring 1983)

JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA 1984

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences -- Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Fokkema, Douwe Wessel, 1931-

Literary history, modernism, and postmodernism. (Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature, ISSN 0167-8175; v. 19) (The Harvard University Erasmus lectures; spring 1983) 1. Literature-History and criticism--Theory, etc.- Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Modernism (Literature)--Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Postmodernism-Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: Harvard University Erasmus lectures; spring 1983. PN 441.F59 1984 809'.91 84-23498 ISBN 90-272-2194-4 (hb.) ISBN 90-272-2204-5 (pb.)

Copyright 1984 - John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher.

CONTENTS

Preface

vii

I. Literary History from an International Point

of View

1

II. Modernist Hypotheses: Literary Conven-

tions in Gide, Larbaud, Thomas Mann, Ter

Braak, and Du Perron

19

III. Postmodernist Impossibilities: Literary

Conventions in Borges, Barthelme, Robbe-

Grillet, Hermans, and Others

37

Notes

57

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