Myth, Truth and Literature Towards a True Post-modernism [Paperback]

Hailed as a book that alters the way we think about literary theory, this now comes in a second edition.This theoretical study aims to prove the superfluousness of literary theory. The author believes that we now require a paradigm-shift that will replace structuralist and post-structuralist theory and re-establish the validity of intuition, imagination and inspiration.This theoretical study aims to prove the superfluousness of literary theory. The author believes that we now require a paradigm-shift that will replace structuralist and post-structuralist theory and re-establish the validity of intuition, imagination and inspiration.Myth, Truth and Literature is a theoretical study that aims to prove the superfluousness of literary theory. The author believes that we now require a paradigm-shift that will replace structuralist and post-structuralist literary theory and will reestablish the validity of such old-fashioned Romantic notions as intuition, imagination and inspiration.Preface; Introduction: Two Faces of Romanticism; 1. Saussurian theory and the abolition of reality; 2. 'Original language'; 3. Poetry; 4. Presence; 5. Spilt religion; 6. Towards a true post-modernism; Appendix: Romanticism and poetics; Index. ...a bold attempt to rethink the postmodern...the great merit of Falck's enquiry lies in its readiness to uphold the Romantic and Arnoldian imagination in terms that take account of post-Saussurian and Derridean perspectives. The Times Literary Supplement Colin Falck's Myth, Truth and Literature prefigures the entire methodology of my Sexual Personae (1990). It reveals the future of literary criticism and shows the path out of now totally bankrupt French literary theory. Literary studies are in a period of chaos: the age of theory is over, but it's not clear what is taking shape. Falck's book is a map for the future. Camille Paglia, 1993