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Marxism and 20th-Century English-Canadian Novels

A New Approach to Social Realism

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Authors:
  1. John Z. Ming Chen

    1. College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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  2. Yuhua Ji

    1. College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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  • Takes a (Neo-)Marxist approach to economics and sex
  • Combines Canadian social realist novels with reconsidered theories of socialism
  • Presents itself in dialogism and reveals how the novelistic form reflects socialist-feminist desires and urges
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. (Neo-)Marxist Approach, History, and Beginnings: Marxist Socialism and Canadian Social Realist Novels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Reality, Realism and (Neo-)Marxist Definitions and Paradigms

      • John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
      Pages 3-34

    3. Reinterpreting History from a (Neo-)Marxist Perspective: Social, Intellectual and Literary Background

      • John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
      Pages 35-68

    4. Early Beginnings of “Violent Duality”: From Prairie Realism to Urban Social Realism in Durkin’s The Magpie

      • John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
      Pages 69-98

  3. Theory, Urban Alienation, Sex, Politics: Socialism and Canadian Social Realist Novels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-100
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    2. Theorizing English-Canadian Social Realism

      • John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
      Pages 101-133

    3. Metropolis in Contrast with Cabbagetown: Callaghan’s They Shall Inherit the Earth and Garner’s Cabbagetown

      • John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
      Pages 135-169

    4. Revolution or Reform: Baird’s Waste Heritage Versus Birney’s Down the Long Table

      • John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
      Pages 171-199

  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Out of the Ivory Tower: Sociopolitical Solution and Criticism?

      • John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
      Pages 251-261

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-296
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About this book

This monograph is the first academic work to apply a neo-Marxist approach to 20th-century Canadian social realist novels, pursuing a refreshingly (neo-)Marxist approach to such issues as Bakhtinian notions of the novelistic form and dialogism as applied to Canadian socio-political novels influenced by various socialisms, socialist-feminist concerns, economic and sexual politics, and the genre of social realism. In so doing, it demonstrates that Marxist socialism is as relevant today as it was in the 1930s, just as social realist novels continue to thrive as a critique of capitalism. Readers will find valuable insights into the social significance, formal innovations, moral sensitivity, aesthetic enrichment, and ideological complexity of Canadian social realist novels.

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

    John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marxism and 20th-Century English-Canadian Novels

  • Book Subtitle: A New Approach to Social Realism

  • Authors: John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46350-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-46349-9Published: 25 June 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51630-0Published: 18 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-46350-5Published: 09 June 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 296

  • Topics: Cultural Studies, International Political Economy, Gender Studies

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