The Event of Style in Literature

The Event of Style in Literature schematises the concept of style through a critical overview of the canon of style studies. It then proceeds to read the work of Jacques Derrida, Maurice Blanchot, and Hans-Georg Gadamer as groundbreaking and 'eventful' interventions in the history of the concept. Taking its cues from the work of the three main thinkers and from the poetry of Paul Celan, among many others, the book probes disciplinary borders by critiquing various perspectives and insights on style originating in philosophy, literary theory, literary criticism, rhetoric and stylistics. It also offers a critical overview of how style studies may be rethought in relation to post-structuralist ideas of singularity.

Mario Aquilina is a lecturer in English within the Department of English at the University of Malta, where he coordinates the MA in English. His teaching profile includes Applied Theory, Comparative Literature, Style and Rhetoric, Style in the Media and Electronic Literature. He has published peer-reviewed articles on Derrida, Shakespeare and Blanchot.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1.Traditional Theories of Style
2.Gadamer and Style as Wor(l)d-Making
3.Blanchot and the Anarchic Anachrony of Style
4.Derrida and Counter-institutional Style
5.Of Stones and Flowers: Non-teleocratic Readings of Style
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index