Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend

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.

Autorentext
Dylan Sawyer received his English Literature Doctorate from Aberystwyth University and his MA in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick, UK. His research interests are Post-War Continental Philosophy and late 20th Century Fiction.

Inhalt
List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Differend and Beyond 2. Housed Exile 3. Homer and Ondaatje 4. The Traumatic Sublime Bibliography Conclusion