{"title":"Neoliberalism, Critique, and the Contemporary Novel: Tom McCarthy and Theory Fiction","authors":"M. Farrant","doi":"10.1353/mfs.2023.a899930","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay addresses the intersection of the contemporary novel and theory, notably through recent debates around critique. As both the twenty-first century novel and the movement of postcritique emerge after the age of High Theory, this essay explores how the contemporary genre of theory fiction, specifically Tom McCarthy’s Satin Island, has anticipated or even pre-empted the insights of postcritique. This essay argues that McCarthy’s theory fiction constitutes a reorientation of critique in response to neoliberalism’s post-political defanging of academia—a process that is both diagnosed and epitomized by the discourse of postcritique.","PeriodicalId":45576,"journal":{"name":"MFS-Modern Fiction Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"MFS-Modern Fiction Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mfs.2023.a899930","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:This essay addresses the intersection of the contemporary novel and theory, notably through recent debates around critique. As both the twenty-first century novel and the movement of postcritique emerge after the age of High Theory, this essay explores how the contemporary genre of theory fiction, specifically Tom McCarthy’s Satin Island, has anticipated or even pre-empted the insights of postcritique. This essay argues that McCarthy’s theory fiction constitutes a reorientation of critique in response to neoliberalism’s post-political defanging of academia—a process that is both diagnosed and epitomized by the discourse of postcritique.
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Modern Fiction Studies publishes engaging articles on prominent works of modern and contemporary fiction. Emphasizing historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches, the journal encourages a dialogue between fiction and theory, publishing work that offers new theoretical insights, clarity of style, and completeness of argument. Modern Fiction Studies alternates general issues dealing with a wide range of texts with special issues focused on single topics or individual writers.
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