TY - BOOK AU - Katsan,Gerasimus TI - History and national ideology in Greek postmodernist fiction SN - 9781611475944 AV - PA3267 U1 - 883/.0109 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Madison PB - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press KW - Greek fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Literature and history KW - Greece KW - Postmodernism (Literature) KW - National characteristics, Greek, in literature KW - Greeks in literature KW - Roman grec KW - Histoire et critique KW - Littérature et histoire KW - Grèce KW - Postmodernisme (Littérature) KW - Grecs dans la littérature KW - DRAMA KW - Ancient, Classical & Medieval KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index; Historiographic metafiction and Greek postmodernism -- Postmodern exile: identity and national ideology -- The politics of remembering: confession, testimony and ideology -- Metafiction and the postmodern (auto)biographical novel -- Content or form? experimental and conservative approaches N2 - This book examines Greek postmodernist fiction through the lens of history, national ideology and constructions of identity. It argues that postmodernist Greek writers question the idea of national identity based on both the impact of globalization and a reexamination of the discourses of national ideology; they suggest a turn away from the traditional concerns with cultural homogeneity towards an acceptance of multiplicity and diversity, which is reflected through experimentation with postmodernist literary techniques UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=551468 ER -