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The Mirror in the Text
Lucien Dällenbach
出版
University of Chicago Press
, 1989-07-27
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / Fiction Writing
Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric
Literary Criticism / General
ISBN
0226134911
9780226134918
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2sHokki20ywC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The Mirror in the Text
is concerned with the literary and artistic device of
mise en abyme
, the use of an element within a work which mirrors the work as a whole—like the 'play within a play' in
Hamlet
.
In this classic study, Lucien Dällenbach provides the first systematic analysis of this device and its literary and artistic applications from Van Eyck and Velasquez to Gide, Beckett and the French
nouveau roman
.
Alongside this wealth of examples, Dällenbach constructs his theoretical argument with elegance and clarity, assuming no previous knowledge of arcane and specialized theory, but guiding the reader helpfully through the maze of literary criticism. The result is a new conceptual field, a new grammar of the
mise en abyme
, and an examination of its function within the work of art and literature.
The highly original study has been acclaimed as one of the most important works of contemporary literary theory. It will be of interest to all students of English and European literature, as well as to students of the visual arts.