Fighting high-modernist stereotypes with postmodern weaponry. Academic hostility

Felix Nicolau

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Abstract

Lucky Jim, 1954, by Kingsley Amis, is considered by everyone an extremely funny academic novel; a novel of the genre. A third millennium close reading may uncover, however, side-meanings at the time of publication which, in the meantime, have become central meanings. The humoristic ingredient of the novel has dwindled dramatically, whereas the underestimated conflict between modernist rituals and postmodernist reactions has spiralled upwards.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRepresentaciones del espacio hostil en la literatura y las artes
EditorsAna Abril Hernandez, Patrica Diaz Pereda
Place of PublicationSantiago de Compostela
PublisherAndavira editora
Pages419-429
ISBN (Print)978-84-8408-995-7
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Dec 14
EventRepresentaciones del espacio hostil en la literatura y en las artes: imágenes y metáforas - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Duration: 2017 May 222017 May 25
https://congresoespaciohostil.wordpress.com/

Conference

ConferenceRepresentaciones del espacio hostil en la literatura y en las artes
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period2017/05/222017/05/25
Internet address

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • General Literary studies (including Literary Theory)

Free keywords

  • hierarchy
  • Postmodernism
  • Academic career
  • Kingsley Amis
  • Lucky Jim

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  • Poezia la baionetă

    Translated title of the contribution: Poetry at bayonetteNicolau, F., 2019 Mar 31, In: Arca. 1-2-3, 2019, p. 165-169 18.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)peer-review

    Open Access
  • Viața de noapte a doctoratului

    Translated title of the contribution: The night life of doctoral studiesNicolau, F., 2019 Jan 12, In: Laudatio. 1, 1, p. 34-35 8.

    Research output: Contribution to journalDebate/Note/Editorialpeer-review

    Open Access
  • You Are not Alone: Culture and Civilization

    Nicolau, F., 2018 Jan 26, Bucharest: Conspress Publishing House. 170 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  • Habilitation Thesis

    Nicolau, F. (Recipient), 2017 Sept 20

    Prize: Other distinction

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