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Jun 25, 2020 · Reversing a more familiar account of the novel as a form uniquely capable of assimilating others, Puchner sees the novel of ideas as a subset of an older, larger tradition he calls “dramatic Platonism.” In a sense, the novel’s desire for “ideas” makes it not so much philosophical as dramatic.
Jun 29, 2020 · “Whether executed as science fiction, bildungsroman, or more recently, the satirical form Nicholas Dames calls the ‘theory novel,’ the novel of ideas is ‘artful,’ with all the equivocality this term brings.
Jun 26, 2020 · Arising by most accounts in the last decades of the nineteenth century, the novel of ideas reflects the challenge posed by the integration of externally developed concepts long before the arrival of conceptual art.
Apr 24, 2018 · We can define the novel of ideas not according to an inherited standard of, say, Augie March or White Noise, but according to standards we can more actively and conscientiously define. There is an opportunity, I think, to bring a freshness and inclusivity to the study of the novel.
Jul 6, 2017 · Here is the definition there for "novel of ideas": A vague category of fiction in which conversation, intellectual discussion and debate predominate, and in which plot, narrative, emotional conflict and psychological depth in characterization are deliberately limited.
This is the slogan Lacey Chabert’s character, Gretchen Wieners, is desperately trying to ‘make happen’ in Mean Girls (2004) before Regina George (played by Rachel McAdams) shoots her down by essentially calling it out as a gimmick: ‘Stop trying to make “fetch” happen, Gretchen.
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Sep 15, 2015 · A novel with ideas is one thing: Any good novel, and indeed any bad novel, has plenty. A novel of ideas is something else. Ideas, after all, so easily slide into ideology.
