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Hill, Leslie (2009) A future for theory? Paragraph, Vol.32 (No.2). pp. 140-153. doi:10.3366/E0264833409000492

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Abstract

What is it that guarantees the truth of literary theory? And what is it that testifies to its survival into the future? This paper, intended primarily as a tribute to the work of Malcolm Bowie, examines some of the implications of Bowie's view that literary theory, rigorously applied, as in the case of psychoanalysis, was inseparable from its status as creative, productive, futural, perhaps even fictional performance. The paper considers these questions further in the context of that shared commitment to the neuter or the undecidable that is a striking feature of the writing on literature of Roland Barthes, Maurice Blanchot and Jacques Derrida, and which is also a way of thinking the futural possibilities and possible futures of theory.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Literature -- Philosophy, Bowie, Malcolm, 1943-2007 -- Criticism and interpretation, Barthes, Roland -- Criticism and interpretation, Blanchot, Maurice -- Criticism and interpretation, Derrida, Jacques -- Criticism and interpretation, Psychoanalysis and literature
Journal or Publication Title: Paragraph
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISSN: 0264-8334
Official Date: July 2009
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July 2009Published
Volume: Vol.32
Number: No.2
Number of Pages: 14
Page Range: pp. 140-153
DOI: 10.3366/E0264833409000492
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Version or Related Resource: This paper is a revised version of a keynote lecture given at The Queen Mary Malcolm Bowie Conference: Across the Arts, December 2007.

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