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008			121119s2010 quca ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _cNT
020			_a9780773591035 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
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050	0	4	_aPR9192 _b.S767 2010
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aBowen, Deborah C. _e1
245	1	0	_aStories of the middle space _breading the ethics of postmodern realisms / _cDeborah C. Bowen.
246	3	0	_aReading the ethics of postmodern realisms
260			_aMontreal ; _aIthaca [NY] : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _c(c)2010.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 282 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	1		_a"Postmodernism's critics often accuse the movement of being dangerously amoral because of its apparent wariness of concepts such as truth, ethics, and justice. Stories of the Middle Space explores the possibility of "postmodernism-with-a-conscience" and examines a variety of British and Canadian postmodern fiction to show how twentieth-century critical theory can be brought into fruitful dialogue with a faith-based perspective. Highlighting the wide variety of ethical concerns considered by writers such as Timothy Findley, Thomas King, Carol Shields, Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt, and Salman Rushdie, Deborah Bowen makes the case for a new category of "postmodern realism" and shows how contemporary stories about "the real" and "the good" are constructed. Applying theoretical insights from Emmanuel Levinas and Mikhail Bakhtin, Bowen investigates categories of postmodern realism such as magic realism, parody, and metafiction while laying the groundwork for Christian readings of a medium that is often perceived as largely irreligious. An illuminating study of well-known contemporary writers, Stories of the Middle Space is a critically nuanced and methodologically innovative work that reads the postmodern from a faith-based perspectives to create new literary insights."--Dust jacket.
505	0	0	_aTrue stories and the oppressions of history -- _tMagic realism, social protest and the irrepressibility of language -- _tParodic myth and sacred story -- _tWriting with photographs: art , lies, and realist developments -- _tThe genres of the middle space.
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650		0	_aEthics in literature.
650		0	_aChristian ethics in literature.
650		0	_aRealism in literature.
650		0	_aPostmodernism (Literature)
650		0	_aPostmodernism (Literature) _zCanada.
650		0	_aCanadian fiction _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEnglish fiction _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=500366&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hPR. _mc2010 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell