Writers as Public Intellectuals: Literature, Celebrity, Democracy (Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature)

This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it. Transformations Of The Public Intellectual -- Conscientious Chronicles, H. M. Enzensberger -- Eastern European Voices, Slavenka Drakulić And Dubravka Ugresić -- Public Man As Actor, Bernard-henri Lévy -- A Protean Public Figure, Ayaan Hirsi Ali -- Public Intellectuals From Brussels, David Van Reybrouck And Geert Van Istendael -- Responsible Satire, Hamed Abdel-samad -- Popular Fiction . Elif Shafak. Odile Heynders. Centre For Modern European Literature. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Transformations of the Public Intellectual....Pages 1-25 Conscientious Chronicler....Pages 26-51 Eastern European Voices....Pages 52-73 Public Man as Actor....Pages 74-96 A Protean Public Figure....Pages 97-120 Public Intellectuals from Brussels....Pages 121-138 Responsible Satire....Pages 139-159 Popular Fiction....Pages 160-181 Back Matter....Pages 182-218