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Linda Hutcheon

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Rinda Hutcheon

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1947-08-24
Nationality
カナダ, Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Toronto

Career

Occupations
literary theorist, critic, opera studies scholar, university professor
Active Years
1975-
Affiliations
Department of English, University of Toronto, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto
Influenced By
Fredric Jameson
Influenced
Margaret Atwood

Education

University of Toronto
Department of English
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1975
Country: Canada
Thesis: Narcissistic narrative: the paradoxical status of self-conscious fiction

Awards

Lorne Pierce Medal
2016
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: 受賞
Officer of the Order of Canada
2010
Result: 叙勲
Killam Prize
2005
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts
Result: 受賞
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
1990
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: 選出

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Theory of Parody

1985 Literary Theory

A theory of parody in twentieth-century art forms.

parody

A Poetics of Postmodernism

1988 Literary Theory

History, theory, fiction in postmodernism.

postmodernismhistory

The Politics of Postmodernism

1989 Literary Theory

Politics of postmodernism.

postmodernism

A Theory of Adaptation

2006 Literary Theory

Theory of adaptation.

adaptation

Bibliography

  • Narcissistic Narrative. The Metafictional Paradox (1984)
  • A Theory of Parody (1985)
  • A Poetics of Postmodernism (1988)
  • The Politics of Postmodernism (1989)
  • Irony's Edge (1994)
  • Opera: Desire, Disease, and Death (1996)
  • Bodily Charm: Living Opera (2000)
  • Opera: The Art of Dying (2004)
  • A Theory of Adaptation (2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ironyparodypostmodern
Recurring Motifs
historiographic metafictionCanadian identity

Legacy

Influential theorist on postmodernism, parody, adaptation, irony, and opera. University Professor Emeritus at University of Toronto.