Theo D’haen

List of John Benjamins publications in which Theo D’haen is involved.

Titles

Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World

Edited by Theo D’haen, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell

Do the notions of “World Lingua Franca” and “World Literature” now need to be firmly relegated to an imperialist-cum-colonialist past? Or can they be rehabilitated in a practical and equitable way that fully endorses a politics of recognition? For scholars in the field of languages and literatures,… read more

[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 1] 2015. xv, 280 pp.

Convention and Innovation in Literature

Edited by Theo D’haen, Rainer Grübel and Helmut Lethen

This work is a critical evaluation of the concepts of convention and innovation as applied in the study of changing literary values, hierarchies and canons. Two approaches are analyzed: (1) the linking of convention and the subject's awareness of convention, and (2) systems theory. The merits of… read more

[Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 24] 1989. xxii, 434 pp.

Text to Reader: A Communicative Approach to Fowles, Barth, Cortazar, and Boon

Theo D’haen

Text to Reader seeks to find a critical approach that links a novel’s form to its socio-cultural context. Combining elements from Iser’s reception aesthetics, speech act theory, and Goffman’s frame analysis, this book starts from the assumption that a reader has certain conventional expectations… read more

[Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 16] 1983. x, 162 pp.

Articles (10) | Order by:

D’haen, Theo, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell 2015 Introduction Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World, D’haen, Theo, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Article

D’haen, Theo 1997 3.2.6 Postmodernisms: From Fantastic to Magic Realist International Postmodernism: Theory and literary practice, Bertens, Hans and Douwe W. Fokkema † (eds.), pp. 283–296 | Article

D’haen, Theo 1997 3.1.1. The Western International Postmodernism: Theory and literary practice, Bertens, Hans and Douwe W. Fokkema † (eds.), pp. 183–194 | Article

D’haen, Theo 1997 (Post) Modernity and Caribbean Discourse A History of Literature in the Caribbean: Volume 3: Cross-Cultural Studies, Arnold, A. James (ed.), pp. 303–324 | Article

D’haen, Theo 1993 Report European Shakespeares. Translating Shakespeare in the Romantic Age: Selected papers from the conference on Shakespeare Translation in the Romantic Age, Antwerp, 1990, Delabastita, Dirk and Lieven D’hulst (eds.), pp. 235–236 | Article

D’haen, Theo 1991 Bassnett, Susan & André Lefevere, eds. 1990. Translation, History and Culture Target 3:1, pp. 114–116 | Review

D’haen, Theo 1989 Genre conventions in postmodern fiction Convention and Innovation in Literature, D’haen, Theo, Rainer Grübel and Helmut Lethen (eds.), pp. 405–420 | Article

D’haen, Theo, Rainer Grübel and Helmut Lethen 1989 Introduction: The decline and rise of convention Convention and Innovation in Literature, D’haen, Theo, Rainer Grübel and Helmut Lethen (eds.), pp. vii–xxii | Miscellaneous

D’haen, Theo 1988 Popular Genre Conventions in Postmodern Fiction: The Case of the Western Exploring Postmodernism: Selected papers presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the XIth International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20–24 August 1985, Calinescu, Matei and Douwe W. Fokkema † (eds.), pp. 161–174 | Article

D’haen, Theo 1986 Postmodernism in Americam fiction and art Approaching Postmodernism: Papers presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism, 21–23 September 1984, University of Utrecht, Fokkema, Douwe W. † and Hans Bertens (eds.), pp. 211–232 | Article