Linda Hutcheon (born 1947) is a Canadian academic, literary theorist, and feminist. She is University Professor in the Department of English and of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, where she has taught since 1988. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus In 2000 she was elected the 117th President of the Modern Language Association, the third Canadian to hold this position, and the first Canadian woman. The Modern Language Association of America (usually referred to as simply Modern Language Association or MLA) is the principal Professional association
She specializes in theories of postmodernism. Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism She has published numerous books, including The Politics of Postmodernism (Routledge, 1989). Hutcheon is also credited with coining the term historiographic metafiction, a descriptor for literary works she believes characterize postmodernism in fiction. Historiographic metafiction is a term originally coined by literary theorist Linda Hutcheon.
Publications
- A Theory of Adaptation. (NY and London: Routledge, 2006).
- Opera: The Art of Dying. Harvard University Press, 2004 (with Michael Hutcheon).
- Rethinking Literary History: A Forum on Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002 (with Mario J. Valdés).
- Bodily Charm: Living Opera. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000 (with Michael Hutcheon).
- Opera: Desire, Disease, and Death. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996 (with Michael Hutcheon).
- Irony's Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. Portuguese translation (Belo Horizonte, Brasil: Editora UFMG, 2000); final chapter reprinted in New Contexts of Canadian Criticism (Peterborough: Broadview P, 2001).
- The Politics of Postmodernism. London & New York: Routledge, 1989.
- A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction. London & New York: Routledge, 1988.
- A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-Century Art Forms. 1984; rpt with new introduction; Champaign and Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2001.
Awards
- 2005, awarded the Killam Prize, by the Canada Council for the Arts
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The Izaak-Walton-Killam Award was established according to the last wishes of Dorothy J The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an Arts council ofDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic