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Struggling With the Postmodern Crisis of History in Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot by Tessa Tumbrägel

 

CONTENTS

 

1.) INTRODUCTION

 

2.) THEORTEICALCONSIDERATIONS ON POSTMODERN CONCEPTS OF HISTORY …..3

2.1) Postmodern Theories of History - (De)Constructing Representation, Knowledge and Truth

2.2) Postmodern Concepts of History under Criticism: Postmodernists vs. Traditionalist Historians

 

3.) ANALYSIS - STRUGGLING WITH FLAUBERT ’ S PARROT (1984)

3.1) Postmodern Theories of History in Flaubert ’ s Parrot(1984)

3.1.1) “ How do we seize the past? ” - The Indeterminacy of (Historical) Knowledge

3.1.2) “ What happened to the truth is not recorded ” - Unattainable Truth(s) and Multiple Perspectives

3.1.3) “ The right words don ’ t exist ” - The Inadequacy of (Linguistic) Represen- tation

3.2) Flaubert ’ s Parrot - Beyond the Postmodern Crisis of History?

3.2.1) Pre-Postmodern Notions of History and Narrative

3.2.2) Braithwaite ’ s Post-Postmodern Pursuit(s) of History

 

4.) CONCLUSION

 

5.) WORKS CITED




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