Dialogic Openness in Nikos Kazantzakis.

Summary: In this book, Charitini Christodoulou argues that a certain perception of openness that she calls "dialogic" permeates Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation. Partly based on Umberto Eco's theory in Opera Aperta and Mikhail Bakhtin's notion of dialogism, the term "dialogic openness" refers to the idea of antithetical forces clashing and thus revealing different forms of tension that are not resolved at the end of the novel. Thus, it is shown that subjectivity and meaning is always in the proc ...

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ISBN: 1443841080
ISBN: 9781443841085
ISBN: 1299658563
ISBN: 9781299658561
ISBN: 1443843016
ISBN: 9781443843010
Physical Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)
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Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.