Jane Austen and the Dialectic of Misrecognition

ISBN-13: 9783631531938 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 344 str.

Ahrens, Rüdiger

Opis

The objective of this book is to present a dialectical framework within which to reread Jane Austen s novels and to counter the critical dichotomy between a conservative Jane (proposed by the containment school of critics) and a radical Austen (proposed by the subversive school of critics). It aims at providing a framework that is flexible enough to explain why the two schools are inadequate, but rigorous enough to shed new light on Austen s complex vision of epistemological enlightenment namely, her insistence on the positive recognition, the negative cognition, and the cynical misrecognition as essential moments in the development of the subject. The author argues that Austen s dialectics of recognition point neither towards docile conformism nor revolutionary struggle, but an on-going spirit of critique in the midst of misrecognition."

Spis treści

Contents: Misrecognition - Jane Austen - Hegel - Lacan - Zizek.

O autorze

The Author: Wing-chi Ki is Assistant Professor of English Literature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.