Chronoschisms: Time, Narrative, and Postmodernism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521555449)

In Chronoschisms Ursula Heise explores the way developments in communication and information technology have led to the emergence of a new culture of time in Western societies. Drawing on theories of postmodernism and narratology, she shows how postmodern narratives break up the concept of plot into a spectrum of contradictory story lines that allow new conceptions of history and posthistory to emerge. This wide-ranging study offers new readings of postmodernist theory and fresh insight into the often vexing relationship between literature and science.

Author: Ursula K. Heise
ISBN-10: 0521555442
ISBN-13: 9780521555449
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/07/1997
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.44w x 0.61d