Postmodernist objects of knowledge?: or, 'How legitimate is your "How legitimate is this"?'

Abstract

Postmodernist preferences and procedures are offered, in this paper, as constituting the most rigorous oppositional discourse to the current hegemony and, as a nomadic dis­course, it is offered as the most resistant to self-totalization and institutionalization. Literary studies is located within the field of bids for cultural power, and some comments are offered on future directions for the domain of literary studies.

Opsomming
Post-modernistiese voorkeure en prosedures word in hierdie referaat gesien as die mees nougesette opposisionele diskoers wat teen die heersende hegemonie gebied kan word, en as 'n nomadiese diskoers word dit aangebied as die een wat die meeste weerstand bied teen self-totalisering en institusionalisering. Literere studies word aangetref binne die veld van aansprake op kulturele mag, en 'n paar opmerkings word ook gemaak oor toekomstige rigtings wat die veld van literere studies sou kon inslaan.