Kristeva's Fiction (Insinuations Phil Psych Lit) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1438448279 ISBN 13: 9781438448275

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2013

Synopsis

Psychoanalytic perspectives on Kristeva's fiction.

With published work spanning more than forty years, Julia Kristeva’s influence in psychoanalysis and literary theory is difficult to overstate. In addition to this scholarship Kristeva has written several novels, however this portion of her oeuvre has received comparatively scant attention. In this book, Kristeva scholars from a number of disciplines analyze her novels in relation to her work in psychoanalysis, interrogating the relationships between fiction and theory. The essays explore questions including, what is the value of experimental writing that escapes easy definition and classification, putting ideas at the same level as character, pacing, plot, suspense, form, and style? And, how might such fiction help its readers overcome the psychological maladies that affect contemporary society? The contributors make a compelling case for understanding Kristeva’s fiction as a crucial influence to her wider psychoanalytic project.

About this title

About the Author

Benigno Trigo is Professor of Latin American Literature at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of several books, including Remembering Maternal Bodies: Melancholy in Latina and Latin American Women’s Writing, and the editor of Foucault and Latin America: Appropriations and Deployments of Discursive Analysis.

Review

“This makes for dense reading that admirably mirrors its subject matter, but therein are stimulating ideas on fiction and theory; how pace, plot, form, and style function; and even how detective fiction might offer a panacea for psychological maladies in today’s society.” ― CHOICE

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1438448279
• ISBN 13: 9781438448275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 204
• Editor: Trigo Benigno